The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was a mission of discovery, revealing unseen – and sometimes unseeable – parts of our universe.
Kraft; JPL-Caltech/J. Keene; SOFIA/L.
The Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory grew out of Virginia marshland to become a world-renowned aeronautical research facility. The site was chosen for
Many members of PARD, including Robert Gilruth and Chris Kraft, would form the nucleus
On Jan. 27, 1967, with the planned launch of the first Apollo mission to carry a crew just 25 days away, Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward
Kraft, Eugene F. Kranz, and John M. Hodge. Left: Apollo 1 astronaut Virgil I.
The primary goals of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a
Kraft, instructed him to switch on a heater to raise the pressure but the pressure
An estimated one million people gathered on the beaches of central Florida to witness first-hand the launch of Apollo 11, while more than 500 million people
Kraft, Director of Flight Crew Operations, held a press conference about Luna 15.
Skylab, America’s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, lifted off on May 14, 1973. Skylab enabled research in several areas,
Kraft, left, receives a briefing on the parasol sunshade.
Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations.
The NASA History Office gathers first-hand experiences through oral history interviews from a variety of individuals serving in the NASA and contractor work
Kraft 5/23/08 4/14/09 2/11/10 8/6/12 8/5/14 Director, Johnson Space Center Alan
On May 24, 1962, astronaut M. Scott Carpenter completed America’s second orbital spaceflight during the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. Carpenter flew the mission
Kraft monitored all aspects of the mission from MCC, relying on a global network
The longest spaceflight up to that time ended on Feb. 8, 1974, when Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue splashed down
Kraft introduced them to the several hundred well-wishers who turned out to welcome
