1 00:00:04,950 --> 00:00:01,990 they will give us an impact back on days 2 00:00:06,869 --> 00:00:04,960 in terms of 102 delivery 3 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:06,879 and is that understood by everybody 4 00:00:11,749 --> 00:00:09,519 space flight pioneer erin cohen a former 5 00:00:14,950 --> 00:00:11,759 director of nasa's johnson space center 6 00:00:16,790 --> 00:00:14,960 in houston died thursday february 25th 7 00:00:19,510 --> 00:00:16,800 after a lengthy illness 8 00:00:21,349 --> 00:00:19,520 with that with the various 9 00:00:23,830 --> 00:00:21,359 management systems is that right 10 00:00:25,910 --> 00:00:23,840 cohen's 33-year career with nasa 11 00:00:29,830 --> 00:00:25,920 included key leadership roles critical 12 00:00:32,150 --> 00:00:29,840 to the success of the apollo and shuttle 13 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:32,160 your go for firearm everything's looking 14 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:34,800 good as director his steady hand at the 15 00:00:39,110 --> 00:00:37,280 helm of johnson helped nasa recover from 16 00:00:41,510 --> 00:00:39,120 the shuttle challenger tragedy and 17 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:41,520 returned the space shuttle to flight 18 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:43,680 fell off americans returned to space as 19 00:00:53,029 --> 00:00:51,029 cohen left the agency in 1993 to accept 20 00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:53,039 an appointment as a professor at his 21 00:00:57,830 --> 00:00:55,920 alma mater texas a m university 22 00:00:59,670 --> 00:00:57,840 at the time he was serving as acting 23 00:01:01,670 --> 00:00:59,680 deputy administrator at nasa