Floyd L. Thompson, Chairman of the Apollo 204 Review Board, formally established 21 task panels to support the investigation.

He appointed a Board member as monitor for each panel.

Duties of the panels were to:

- Perform all functions within their respective statements of work as approved by the appropriate Board monitors.
- Submit work plans through the Panel Coordination Committee to the Review Board for approval.
- Provide reports to the Review Board, when required, on the progress of work.
- Work with each other under the guidance of the Panel Coordination Committee.