Failure is not an option: mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond 0743214471, 9780743214476

This memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through

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English Pages (415 pages) : illustrations Year 2009

Failure is not an option: mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
0743214471, 9780743214476

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Kranz
Gene

Table of contents :
Four-inch flight --
"Liftoff
the clock is running" --
"God speed, John Glenn" --
Brotherhood --
Making of a rocket man --
Gemini: the twins --
White flight --
Spirit of 76 --
Angry alligator --
Fire on the pad --
Out of the ashes --
X mission --
Christmas story --
1969: the year of Apollo --
SimSup wins the final round --
"We copy you down, Eagle" --
"What the hell was that" --
Age of Aquarius --
Coming home --
Shepard's return --
What do you do after the moon --
Last liftoff.

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