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Sep 27, 2023 · The Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston is the hub of human spaceflight. The building is staffed 24/7 with flight controllers who constantly monitor the International Space Station and the humans living onboard. Beyond low Earth orbit, Mission Control is also responsible for overseeing ...
- Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. - NASA
The Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Mission Control Center has...
- Building on a Mission: The Houston Mission Control Center
In October 1985, the U.S. Department of the Interior...
- Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. - NASA
White Flight Control Room prior to STS-114 in 2005 Exterior of the Mission Control building Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) emblem. NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center (MCC-H, initially called Integrated Mission Control Center, or IMCC), also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that manages ...
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Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership (1979) Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. (February 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019) was an American aerospace and NASA engineer who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control Center and shaping its organization and culture. His protégé Glynn Lunney said in 1998: "the Control Center ...
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- July 22, 2019 (aged 95), Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., February 28, 1924, Phoebus, Virginia, U.S.
Jul 23, 2019 · On April 4, 2011, NASA named its Building 30 Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in his honor, in recognition of his service to the nation and its space programs. The Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Mission Control Center has now operated for 50 years in support of space missions. At the naming ceremony, Flight Director Glynn Lunney ...
Jan 19, 2018 · JSC's Mission Control — now formally known as the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center — has helped plan, support and operate every NASA human spaceflight mission since 1965.
