Harry L. Evans (original) (raw)

Harry Lee Evans (22 November 1919 – 18 July 2008) was a major general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1940, and flew air raids on Japan during World War II. He served with the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project and the Ballistic Missile Division as program director of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. As vice director of the Samos Project Office, he was responsible for the early Air Force satellite systems and for the Air Force portion of the early Pioneer and Explorer space programs, and oversaw, in a management capacity, over fifty space and satellite launches. He was also assistant deputy commander and vice director of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.