Jack Garman, NASA Engineer Who 'Saved' Apollo 11 from Alarms, Dies at 72

John "Jack" Garman, a NASA engineer whose knowledge of the computer aboard Apollo 11 saved the historic first lunar landing from a last-minute abort, died on Tuesday (Sept. 20). Garman's death came after a several year battle with bone marrow cancer, according to an email by his wife that was forwarded to the Johnson Space Center retiree community and then shared with collectSPACE.com. "Sad to hear of the passing of Jack Garman," Wayne Hale, a former flight director and shuttle program manager,