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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".
Dan Butler as Flight Director Gene Kranz. Joe Spano as George Mueller, Associate Administrator of the Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969; appears in episode 2. Sam Anderson as Thomas O. Paine, Webb's successor as NASA Administrator. Barry Bell as Rocco Petrone, Apollo Program Director
A tiger team was crucial to the Apollo 13 crewed lunar mission in 1970. During the mission, part of the Apollo 13 Service Module malfunctioned and exploded. [4] 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]
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For All Mankind is an American science fiction drama television series created and written by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi and produced for Apple TV+.The series dramatizes an alternate history depicting "what would have happened if the global space race had never ended" after the Soviet Union succeeds in the first crewed Moon landing ahead of the United States. [1]
Gene Kranz (B.S. 1954) – Lead NASA flight director during the Apollo 11 Moon landing and leader of the Apollo 13 rescue mission. Nathan H. Lents (B.S., 1999; Ph.D., 2004) – Scientist and Author. Irene D. Long (M.D. 1977) – First female chief medical officer at Kennedy Space Center .
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