Failure Is Not an Option : Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond,9780425179871

Failure Is Not an Option : Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780425179871
ISBN10: 0425179877
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Berkley Trade
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Summary

A breathtaking, first-hand account of the early days of the NASA space program, through the eyes of the man who held it all together. . .

Author Biography

Eugene F. Kranz joined the NASA Space Task Group in 1960 and was assistant flight director for Project Mercury (the original manned space missions). He continued as flight director for the Apollo 11 lunar landing. He is a corecipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work leading the Apollo 13 teams.

Table of Contents

The Four-Inch Flight
11(25)
``Liftoff; the Clock Is Running''
36(20)
``God Speed, John Glenn''
56(22)
The Brotherhood
78(23)
The Making of a Rocket Man
101(18)
Gemini---The Twins
119(13)
White Flight
132(21)
The Spirit of 76
153(22)
The Angry Alligator
175(16)
A Fire on the Pad
191(17)
Out of the Ashes
208(15)
The X Mission
223(11)
The Christmas Story
234(13)
1969---The Year of Apollo
247(9)
SimSup Wins the Final Round
256(16)
``We Copy You Down, Eagle''
272(24)
``What the Hell Was That?''
296(10)
The Age of Aquarius
306(19)
Coming Home
325(15)
Shepard's Return
340(12)
What Do You Do After the Moon?
352(20)
The Last Liftoff
372(9)
Epilogue 381(4)
Where They Are 385(3)
Acknowledgments 388(5)
Appendix: Foundations of Mission Control 393(1)
Glossary of Terms 394(5)
Index 399

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