RIP.
Milt Windler was one of the great pioneers who showed the world what NASA is capable of during both the best and most challenging of days.
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) October 3, 2026
As a Maroon Flight Director, he helped guide Apollo 8 around the Moon, played a critical role in bringing Apollo 13 safely home, and carried… https://t.co/GEfbdoGfxm
With all the focus on Gene Kranz, he and Glynn Lunney (who I knew at Rockwell after he retired from NASA and came to Downey as a vice president, and was a great guy) got short shrift in the movie.