Two items issued to Johnson Space Center employee William P. MacGregor—an Apollo 9 laminated access badge for NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, 2.25 x 4, stamped “A” and “9," with a small American flag taped to the front; and an “Apollo Achievement Award” certificate from NASA, 10.5 x 8, which reads: “In appreciation of dedicated service to the nation as a member of the team which has advanced the nation's capabilities in aeronautics and space and demonstrated them in many outstanding accomplishments culminating in Apollo 11's successful achievement of man's first landing on the moon, July 20, 1969." Lower right bears a preprinted signature of NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine. In overall fine condition, with some peeling to laminate.
MacGregor, an employee of Philco-Ford, a developer of the computer consoles for NASA, worked with Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center from 1965 through 1970. On hand as the Gemini and Apollo programs made space travel history, MacGregor worked in roles related to communications, vehicle systems, and the Electrical Power System of the Command Module. Additionally, MacGregor routinely helped fix the vehicles of his friends and NASA coworkers. He became so skilled and specialized that following his retirement from Philco-Ford, Mac returned to his childhood home in Dormont, PA, and opened MacGregor's Volkswagen Repair.
