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Kranz was born August 17, 1933, in Toledo, Ohio, and attended Central Catholic High School.He grew up on a farm that overlooked the Willys-Overland Jeep production plant. . His father, Leo Peter Kranz, was the son of German immigrants, and served as an Army medic during World War I
Gene Kranz titled his 2000 memoir Failure Is Not An Option. [4] Kranz chose the line as the title because he liked the way it reflected the attitude of mission control. [5] In the book, he states that it was a creed that we [NASA's Mission Control Center] all lived by: "Failure is not an option".
Irene Hendricks, portrayed by Leonora Pitts (seasons 1–2), the first female flight director, replacing Gene Kranz when he is made new director of Johnson space center before his death in the Apollo 23 incident. Gavin Donahue, portrayed by James Urbaniak (season 1), an FBI agent, who investigated the Apollo 23 incident.
Gene Kranz was the flight director for Apollo 5. [16] Mission Control, under Kranz's command, decided on a plan to conduct the engine and "fire-in-the-hole" tests under manual control. There were communication problems with the spacecraft, and omitting these tests would have meant the mission was a failure.
A team of specialists was formed to address the resulting problems and bring the astronauts back to Earth safely, led by NASA Flight and Mission Operations Director Gene Kranz. [5] Kranz and the members of his "White Team", later designated the "Tiger Team", received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their efforts in the Apollo 13 mission.
The Mercury astronauts established the style and appearance of astronauts. "I soon learned", Gene Kranz later recalled, "if you saw someone wearing a short-sleeved Ban-Lon shirt and aviator sunglasses, you were looking at an astronaut." [95] While busy with the intense training for their flights, [96] they also drank and partied. [97]
Gene Kranz called a meeting of his staff in Mission Control three days after the accident, delivering a speech which has subsequently become one of NASA's principles. [62] Speaking of the errors and overall attitude surrounding the Apollo program before the accident, he said: "We were too ' gung-ho ' about the schedule and we blocked out all of ...
In 2019 and 2020 Ladin appeared as Gene Kranz on the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind and Chris Kraft on the Disney+ series The Right Stuff, both characters being NASA space flight directors. [10] Ladin also has a recurring role as Los Angeles Times reporter, Scott Anderson, on the Amazon series, Bosch. [11] [12]