page_title: Günter Wendt
hierarchical_section_title: Günter Wendt
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Guenter Wendt in the en:Friendship 7 whiteroom
context_page_description: Günter F. Wendt was a German-American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American Aviation, he was in charge of the spacecraft close-out crews at the launch pads for the entire Mercury and Gemini programs, and the manned phase of the Apollo program at the Kennedy Space Center. His official title was Pad Leader.
  In NASA documentary films, Wendt appears as the bespectacled, thin man in a bow-tie and white cap and coat, usually standing near the hatch, clipboard in hand; or bending over seated crew members, pulling their safety harnesses snug for launch.
context_section_description: Günter F. Wendt (also spelled Guenter Wendt; August 28, 1923 – May 3, 2010) was a German-American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American Aviation, he was in charge of the spacecraft close-out crews at the launch pads for the entire Mercury and Gemini programs (1961–1966), and the manned phase of the Apollo program (1968–1975) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). His official title was Pad Leader.
  In NASA documentary films, Wendt appears as the bespectacled, thin man in a bow-tie and white cap and coat, usually standing near the hatch, clipboard in hand; or bending over seated crew members, pulling their safety harnesses snug for launch.
caption: Wendt in the Friendship 7 white room
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