Background
Waard, Johannes De was born on June 4, 1936 in Velzen, Netherlands. Son of Johannes and Dieuwertje Frederika (Brands) de Waard.
government agency administrator
Waard, Johannes De was born on June 4, 1936 in Velzen, Netherlands. Son of Johannes and Dieuwertje Frederika (Brands) de Waard.
Engineer, College Engineering, Haarlem, Netherlands, 1957. 1st lieutenant, School Reserve Officieren Verbinding, Ede, Netherlands, 1958.
Research and development engineer Brown Boveri Cie, Baden, Switzerland, 1959-1963, CONTRAVES, Zuerich, Switzerland, 1963-1964. With European Space Science and Technical.Ctr, Delft/Noordwijk, Netherlands, 1964-1972, test director, launch operations manager, 1968-1972. Study manager space laboratory phase A, European Space Agency, Paris, 1972-1973, mission manager ASSESS 1 and 2, 1973-1976.
Head operations and crew activities European Space Agency-SPICE, Porz-Wahn, West Germany, 1976-1979.
Consultant on German spacelab utilization program DFVLR, Porz-Wahn, 1979-1981. Consultant on peaceful uses of outer space to United Nations, New York City, 1981-1982.
With European Space Agency, Office of Director General, Overath, West Germany, 1982, project manager Meteosat Exploitation Project, since 1983.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Planetary Society, Dutch Aerospace Society.
Married Margarete Halfar, 1982. Children by previous marriage: Ronald, Marcel, Richard.