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Eugene Francis Kranz (born August 17, 1933) is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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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".
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Gene Kranz (born August 17, 1933) is an American aerospace engineer, former fighter pilot, and retired flight director and manager for NASA. Kranz served as NASA's second chief flight director, directing missions of the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 .
Antigua native Keisha Schahaff spent three days training to make history on a Virgin Galactic space flight where she will be accompanied by her 18-year-old daughter. (TODAY)
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.
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 ...