Gene Kranz
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Eugene Francis Kranz is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar land
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Kranz at his console on May 30, 1965, in the Mission Operations Control Room, Mission Control Center, Houston.
President Nixon visits the Johnson Space Center on April 18, 1970, to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team
Kranz in July 2019, while attending events at Space Center Houston
Failure is not an option
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"Failure is not an option" is a phrase associated with NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz and the Apollo 13 Moon landing mission. Although Kranz is often attributed with having spoken those words during
Kranz in an undated photograph at the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
