Owen Maynard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Owen Maynard

Aeronautical Engineer

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1924

Place of Birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 15-Jul-2000

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Owen Eugene Maynard (October 27, 1924 – July 15, 2000) was a Canadian engineer who contributed to the designs of the Canadian CF-105 Avro Arrow jet interceptor, and of NASA's Apollo Lunar Module (LM).
Maynard was a member of the group of 32 Canadian and British engineers from Avro Canada who joined NASA when the Arrow was cancelled in 1959.
Maynard worked on Project Mercury until 1960 and then moved to the Apollo program.
Maynard won a U.S.
patent (US3300162) in 1967 for a space station design.