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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 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]
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.
He personally hand-picked and trained an entire generation of NASA flight directors, including John Hodge, Glynn Lunney and Gene Kranz, the last of whom referred to Kraft as "The Teacher". [67] In the words of the space historians Murray and Cox, Kraft "set the tone for one of the most striking features of Flight Operations: unquestioning trust ...
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]