Flight: My Life in Mission Control
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"Flight: My Life in Mission Control" is the memoir of NASA’s first flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr., recounting his pivotal role in shaping American human spaceflight and the operations of Mission Control.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Christopher C. Kraft Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
Apollo program
NERFINISHED
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Gemini program NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury program NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of NASA Mission Control culture ⓘ early NASA history ⓘ teamwork among flight controllers ⓘ |
| focusesOnRole | flight director ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
historical account
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personal recollections ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Apollo 11 Moon landing operations
NERFINISHED
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Apollo 13 crisis management ⓘ Apollo mission control operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Gemini mission control operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Project Mercury mission control operations NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–Soviet space race NERFINISHED ⓘ mission operations ⓘ space exploration ⓘ systems engineering ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
aerospace professionals
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general readers ⓘ space history enthusiasts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American human spaceflight
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Christopher C. Kraft Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Mission Control NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
decision-making in crewed spaceflight
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risk management in space missions ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | retrospective ⓘ |
| pageCount | 384 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dutton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recounts |
development of Mission Control procedures
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evolution of NASA flight operations ⓘ |
| setting |
Mission Control Center
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NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOccupationDescribed |
aerospace engineer
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flight director ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1970s
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early 1960s ⓘ |
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