NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement award from the American Astronautical Society at his restored console in Apollo mission control.

Other mission control teams helped the crew with its ... Public Relations Review 27.4 (2001): 437-448. NASA Apollo 13 Mission Report, 1970. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the ...

and initiative at Mission Control and turned an almost certain catastrophe for NASA into a successful recovery.” Despite their safe return home after a near-brush with death, none of the Apollo ...

Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston housed the engineers and flight directors who worked tirelessly to ensure Apollo 11's mission was a success. A "12-02" alarm meant that ...

The author's new title, recently announced as Good Morning America' s June book club pick on June 3, explores a romantic ...

But he had already played another significant role in Nasa's exploration of the Moon. After Apollo 11 touched down in 1969, it was Duke - in mission control as the Capsule Communicator ...