Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Father of Mission Control, Dies at 95
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| Description | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., died July 22, 2019. Kraft -- whose full name was Christopher Columbus Kraft -- created the concept of NASA's mission control and developed its organization, operational procedures and culture, then made it a critical element of the success of the nation's human spaceflight programs. He joined the NASA Space Task Group in November 1958 as NASA's first flight director, with responsibilities that immersed him in mission procedures and challenging operational issues. He personally invented the mission planning and control processes required for crewed space missions, in areas as diverse as Go/No-Go decisions, space-to-ground communications, space tracking, real-time problem solving and crew recovery. |
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| Date | 2019-07-22 |
| Source | images.nasa.gov |