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Online Paperback. Pub Date :2009-06-23 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster Gene Kranz was present at the creation of Americas manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades.As a flight director in NASAs Mission Control. Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history.He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission. and beyond.He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn. then assumed the flight directors role in the Gemini program. which he guided to fruition.With his teammates. he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F.Kennedys commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s.Kranz was flight director for bo... For Trial

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