Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales, John Hodge, Wayne Hale, Bob Dempsey, Don Puddy, LeRoy E. Cain, Bryan Lunney, Seymour Liebergot, Gerald D. Griffin, Paul Hill, Ron Dittemore, Peter Nickolenko, Milt Heflin. Excerpt: Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. (born February 28, 1924 in Phoebus, Virginia) is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Tech in 1944, Kraft was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor organization to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He worked for over a decade in aeronautical research before being asked in 1958 to join the Space Task Group, a small team entrusted with the responsibility of putting America's first man in space. Assigned to the flight operations division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director. He was on duty during such historic missions as America's first human spaceflight, first human orbital flight, and first spacewalk. At the beginning of the Apollo program, Kraft retired as a flight director to concentrate on management and mission planning. In 1972, he became director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center), following in the footsteps of his mentor Robert R. Gilruth. He held the position until his 1982 retirement from NASA. During his retirement, Kraft has consulted for numerous companies including IBM and Rockwell International, and he published an autobiography entitled Flight: My Life in Mission Control. More than any other person, Kraft was responsible for shaping the organization and culture of NASA's Mission Control. As his prot g Glynn Lunney commented, "the Control Center today ... is a refl...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with NASA Flight Controllers: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight Controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales. To get started finding NASA Flight Controllers: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight Controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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34
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Books LLC, Wiki Series
Release
2011
ISBN
1155869044
NASA Flight Controllers: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight Controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales, John Hodge, Wayne Hale, Bob Dempsey, Don Puddy, LeRoy E. Cain, Bryan Lunney, Seymour Liebergot, Gerald D. Griffin, Paul Hill, Ron Dittemore, Peter Nickolenko, Milt Heflin. Excerpt: Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. (born February 28, 1924 in Phoebus, Virginia) is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Tech in 1944, Kraft was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor organization to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He worked for over a decade in aeronautical research before being asked in 1958 to join the Space Task Group, a small team entrusted with the responsibility of putting America's first man in space. Assigned to the flight operations division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director. He was on duty during such historic missions as America's first human spaceflight, first human orbital flight, and first spacewalk. At the beginning of the Apollo program, Kraft retired as a flight director to concentrate on management and mission planning. In 1972, he became director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center), following in the footsteps of his mentor Robert R. Gilruth. He held the position until his 1982 retirement from NASA. During his retirement, Kraft has consulted for numerous companies including IBM and Rockwell International, and he published an autobiography entitled Flight: My Life in Mission Control. More than any other person, Kraft was responsible for shaping the organization and culture of NASA's Mission Control. As his prot g Glynn Lunney commented, "the Control Center today ... is a refl...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with NASA Flight Controllers: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight Controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales. To get started finding NASA Flight Controllers: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Flight Controller, Glynn Lunney, Linda Ham, Gene Kranz, Jay Greene, John Aaron, Steve Bales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.