Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (born October 5 1929) (Captain, USN, Ret.) is a retired NASA astronaut.

After NASA

Since leaving NASA, Gordon has served as Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Saints Professional Football Club in the National Football League (1972); was General Manager of Energy Developers, Limited (EDL), a Texas Partnership involved in a joint venture with Rocket Research Corporation for the development of a liquid chemical explosive for use in the oil and gas industry (1977); President of Resolution Engineering and Development Company (REDCO) which provided design and operational requirements for wild oil well control and fire fighting equipment onboard large semi-submersible utility vessels (1978); following REDCO merger with Amarco Resources, Gordon assumed the additional duties of Vice President of Marketing, Westdale, an oil well servicing subsidiary of AMARCO operating in North Central Texas and Oklahoma, and also served as Vice President for Operations, Texas Division (1980); served as Director, Scott Science and Technology, Inc., Los Angeles Division (1981-1983). In March 1982 he became President of Astro Sciences Corporation. This company provides a range of services including engineering, project management, project field support teams, to software and hardware system design for control room applications. In the Summer of 1984, Gordon was a Technical Advisor for and played the part of "Capcom" in the CBS mini-series Space by James A. Michener.

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New Orleans Saints - National Football League - Texas - Rocket - Explosive - Oil - Gas - 1977 - President - Resolution Engineering and Development Company - Oil well - 1978 - Vice President - Oklahoma - 1980 - 1981 - 1983 - 1982 - Engineering - Software - Hardware - 1984 - CBS - Space - James A. Michener

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He is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society, an associate fellow of Society of Experimental Test Pilots and a member of the Navy League.

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Fellow - American Astronautical Society - Society of Experimental Test Pilots - Navy League

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