The first installment of this mini-series discussed how Skylab, America’s first space station, ran into serious trouble immediately after launching on May 14,
Jack Kinzler (second from right) talking with JSC Director Chris Kraft (at left)
Less than five months after Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin returned from their Moon landing mission with
Kraft, Director of Mission Operations at MSC.
Fifty years ago, the two-tiered NASA mission Gemini VII/VI-A made history by proving that two independently launched spacecraft — piloted by astronauts —
throng of flight controllers waved small American flags, while [NASA leaders] Chris Kraft
On Dec. 19, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt, the first trained geologist to travel to the Moon,
Kraft, left, and flight directors Gerald D. Griffin, Charles R.
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham continued their historic Earth orbital mission to thoroughly test the
Left: Director of Flight Operations Christopher Kraft (left) and Apollo Spacecraft
With the historic first international handshake in space only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)
Kraft welcomes the Soviet delegation to JSC. Middle: Flight Director M.P.
Year Built: 1930 Historic Eligibility: Former National Historic Landmark Important Tests: Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo, gust testing, drag cleanup
Kraft was assigned the incredibly difficult job of organizing and directing the flight
A half-century ago, as the Apollo 11 command module Columbia ripped through Earth’s atmosphere, moments from ending the historic first lunar landing mission,
Christopher Kraft – The first Flight Director who invented Mission Control and how
When Boeing launches its uncrewed maiden voyage of the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station this week, it
Kraft Mission Control Center at Johnson will take part in all commercial crew flights
The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.
Spacecraft Program Manager George Low, and MSC Director of Flight Operation Chris Kraft
