As NASA sets its sights on exploring the Moon through Artemis and prepares for Artemis I, the first mission of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion
Kraft Mar 16, 2022 Article NASA’s unique contributions are vital to attracting
It was Christmas Day 1968, and after spending 20 hours orbiting the Moon, the Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders was on its way
Kraft (left) and Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager George M. Low (right).
During the first five days of its mission, the Apollo 9 crew of Commander James A. McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David R. Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot
Kraft, Jr., Director of Flight Operations at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC),
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
In 1961, the United States and the Soviet Union found themselves in a race to put the first human being into space. The United States initiated Project
Kraft designed the control center to monitor every aspect of the mission.
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60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
Kraft designed the control center to monitor every aspect of the mission.
“I hid a sandwich in my spacesuit,” Astronaut John W. Young confessed in the April 2, 1965, issue of Life Magazine. The conversation about and the consumption
Kraft, Jr., MSC assistant director for Flight Operations, astronauts John Young and
Following NASA’s selection of Houston as the site of a new center to manage the nation’s new and expanding human spaceflight program, on Nov. 1, 1961, the
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