T. J. O'Malley

Thomas Joseph O'Malley (Oktoba 15, 1915 - Nuwamba 6, 2009) injiniyan sararin samaniya ɗan Irish-Amurke ne wanda, a matsayin babban jagoran gwaji na ƙungiyar Convair na General Dynamics, shine ke da alhakin tura maɓallin a ranar 20 ga watan Fabrairu, shekarar alif 1962, yana ƙaddamarwa. Jirgin sama na Mercury-Atlas 6 yana dauke da dan sama jannati John Glenn, Ba'amurke na farko a sararin samaniya. Bayan shekaru biyar, NASA ta bukaci Arewacin Amurka Aviation da ta dauke shi aiki a matsayin darektan kaddamar da ayyuka don taimakawa shirin Apollo ya dawo kan hanya bayan da wutar lantarki ta Apollo 1 a kan harsashi ya kashe 'yan sama jannati uku. O'Malley ya ci gaba da taka rawar jagoranci a cikin shirin sararin samaniyar Amurka ta hanyar harba Jirgin Saman Sararin Samaniya na farko a 1981.

Rayuwar farko
An haifi O'Malley a cikin 1915 ga iyayen da suka yi hijira daga Ireland zuwa Montclair, New Jersey, kuma ya zauna a can har zuwa 1944. A shekarar alif 1936 ya sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a injiniyan injiniya a Kwalejin Injiniya ta Newark (yanzu Cibiyar Fasaha ta New Jersey). Anne Arneth O’Malley ya zama matarsa ​​a shekara ta 1944, kuma sun yi aure tsawon shekaru 65 har zuwa rasuwarsa.

Sana'a
Wright Aeronautical a Paterson, New Jersey, sashen kera jiragen sama na Curtiss-Wright Corporation, shine ma'aikacin jirgin sama na farko na O'Malley. A cikin 1958, ya shiga Janar Dynamics kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan gwaji don sashinsu na Convair akan makami mai linzami na SM-65 Atlas na tsakiyar nahiyar. A cikin 1961, Atlas shine roka ɗaya tilo a cikin ƙirƙira na Amurka tare da isassun yunƙuri don harba kapsule ɗin sararin samaniyar Mercury a cikin orbit, kuma an ba da kwangilar Convair don daidaita shi don wannan dalili. Bayan harba jirgin Atlas guda biyu da ya gaza yin amfani da wani kafsul din Mercury wanda ba ya aiki, an baiwa O'Malley aikin shirya jirgin na Atlas don tafiyar da sararin samaniya kafin karshen shekarar 1961, saboda Tarayyar Soviet ta riga ta aiwatar da ma'aikatan jirgin sama a waccan shekarar. A ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1961, watanni biyar bayan ƙaddamar da ƙarshe na ƙarshe, Atlas ya haɓaka capsule na Mercury wanda ba ya aiki akan jirgin sama na orbital.

Kyauta
NASA Distinguished Public Medal Medal, 1969, 1974

Kyautar Nasarar Rukunin Sabis na Jama'a na NASA, 1973

New Jersey Aviation Hall na Fame Inductee, 1996 

A cikin shahararrun al'adu
An yi amfani da rikodin kaset na O'Malley da Scott Carpenter daga ƙaddamar da John Glenn akan "My Star", waƙar da mawaki ɗan Burtaniya Ian Brown ya yi. Rikodin ya sanya Chart na Singles 5 na Burtaniya a cikin Janairu 1998.
Manazarta

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