Chris Kraft dies two days after Apollo 50 anniversary
Added 2019-07-23 15:36:50 +0000 UTCHe invented Mission Control and stood as overseer to a quarter century of human spaceflight. I am glad he lived to see the 50th. A damn good ride.
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95 is a good innings but still so sad over this news.
2019-07-24 09:24:15 +0000 UTCWhat a legend.
EEVblog
2019-07-24 01:28:32 +0000 UTCSo long, Chris. Sorry we didn't go further down the road you paved for us. Instead of Outer Space we got MySpace.
BobC
2019-07-23 18:49:28 +0000 UTCSaw this on BBC News today, sad loss. Part of a team and time that made human history. My Mum & Dad woke me in the small hours to watch the landing, I was 3!
Zygmunt Dean
2019-07-23 17:55:36 +0000 UTCKraft's book 'Flight' details how they had to invent mission control from scratch and how he became the first flight director, it's well worth reading.
David Peaker
2019-07-23 17:05:29 +0000 UTC
