Margaret W. “Hap” Brennecke advised the Saturn Program regarding specific metals and welding techniques and received citations for her work with lightweight high-strength materials.
Margaret W. “Hap” Brennecke earned a Bachelor’s of Science from Ohio State University and worked 22 years for a private firm as a research engineer before coming to the Marshall Center as a welding expert. Throughout the Apollo era, Brennecke advised the Saturn Program regarding specific metals and welding techniques and received citations for her work with lightweight high-strength materials. Later assigned to the Metallic Materials Division of the Center’s Materials and Processes Lab, Brennecke worked on the specifications for metals used in Spacelab and the Solid Rocket Boosters for the Space Shuttle.