25 Avro engineers were working for NASA, and another six would join them later. Other Avro engineers found work with the aerospace contractors that worked with NASA. A little more than 10 years later, US astronauts would stand on the surface of the Moon in what became one of the greatest stories of technology and exploration in human history. A Sample selection of the Engineers: Jim Chamberlin The former designer of the Arrow who went on to design the Gemini spacecraft and help NASA decide how to go to the Moon. John Hodge (1929- ) began a distinguished career at NASA in 1959. He worked in the area of flight control at Langley Research Center and the Johnson Space Center until 1970. In 1982 he became Director of the Space Station Task Force at NASA Headquarters. He then took on a series of increasingly responsible positions dealing with the Space Station, culminating with him being named Associate Administrator for Operations, Space Station, in 1986. Flight Director, Gemini and Apollo Programs Rod Rose The British engineer who helped plan the Apollo missions and picked out the first prayer to be broadcast from space. Chris Gainor - The Author Chris Gainor, the author of Arrows to the Moon, has had a lifelong interest in space exploration and is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He is a communications professional in Victoria, B.C. As a journalist, he won a National Newspaper Award, and has written about space exploration for publications including the