Kraft Oral History – NASA https://www.nasa.gov/history/history-publications-and-resources/oral-histories/christopher-c-kraft-oral-history/
Kraft, Jr., by Rebecca WrightHouston, Texas5 August 2014
Kraft, Jr.
Kraft, Jr., by Rebecca WrightHouston, Texas5 August 2014
Kraft, Jr.
NASA Headquarters, Kathryn Hambleton and Rachel Kraft, 202-358-1100
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NASA Headquarters: Kathryn Hambleton, Rachel Kraft, 202-358-1100
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Kraft, Jr., MA-6 flight director and Alan Shepard is at right.
Kraft, Jr., MA-6 flight director and Alan Shepard is at right.
The first installment of this series described the Project Management Building from its initial groundbreaking in 1963 through first occupancy in 1964 and
Center Director Gilruth named Kraft as his deputy in November 1969, and Kraft succeeded
Following the Apollo 11 Moon landing in July 1969, many management changes took place at NASA, both at Headquarters in Washington, DC, as well as at some of
Left: Kraft (at left) and Gilruth in Mission Control during the April 1968 Apollo
NASA’s Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston has served as the nerve center for American human spaceflight since June 1965. Perhaps the most visible aspect
He also announced that Kraft would serve as mission director for Gemini IV and as
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is now on its way down to the surface of the Moon. The lander successfully performed a descent orbit insertion burn, which initiates the descent sequence and places the vehicle on the trajectory to its landing site on the Moon’s Mare Crisium. Following this burn, Blue Ghost began a 50-min coast…
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Flight controllers at Firefly Aerospace’s Mission Operations Center in north Austin, Texas, have sent a command to Blue Ghost to initiate descent orbit insertion, which is set to begin at 2:30 a.m. EST, Sunday. The command was sent around nine hours ahead of time since the burn is performed on the far side of the…
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