Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond is a memoir by NASA flight director Gene Kranz recounting the history, challenges, and triumphs of Mission Control during the early U.S. manned space programs.
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Gene Kranz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
crisis management during space missions
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development of flight control procedures ⓘ teamwork in Mission Control ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Apollo 11 Moon landing operations
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Apollo 13 in-flight emergency ⓘ |
| describesRole | NASA flight director NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
challenges of early U.S. manned space programs
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history of NASA Mission Control ⓘ triumphs of early U.S. manned space programs ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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spaceflight literature ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | readers interested in space exploration history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Apollo 13 mission
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Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini program NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury program NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Mission Control NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| portrays |
culture of NASA Mission Control
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evolution of mission rules and procedures ⓘ |
| protagonist | Gene Kranz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOrganization | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectPerson | Gene Kranz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectPlace | Mission Control Center, Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
engineering problem-solving
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leadership under pressure ⓘ risk management in spaceflight ⓘ teamwork and discipline ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Apollo program era
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Project Gemini era ⓘ Project Mercury era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | real events in U.S. space program ⓘ |
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