Thomas J. Kelly

Thomas J. Kelly, who led Grumman's development of the NASA Apollo lunar module (LM) in the race for the Moon, died Mar. 23 of pulmonary fibrosis at home in Cutchogue, N.Y. He was 72. Kelly's team at Grumman's Beth- page, N.Y., facility conceived the design of a two-stage vehicle that would carry two...

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