Tag: Mission Control

  • Chris Kraft, legendary flight director, dies at 95

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Flight director Chris Kraft at his console inside Mercury Mission Control. Credit: NASA Former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., the man who created the iconic role of NASA flight director during the Mercury and Gemini programs and whose no-nonsense, uncompromising management style defined control room…

  • Johnson Space Center closed as major flooding hits Houston area

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    The gates to the Johnson Space Center have been closed to all but essential personnel as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey inundate the Houston area. Flight controllers remain at their posts inside the Mission Control Center and continue to monitor the health of the International Space Station as usual. An earlier view of then…