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Failure Is Not an Option Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Paperback • 2009 • English

Failure Is Not an Option Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

By Gene Kranz

1 Ratings • 3.0 of 5

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About the book

This New York Times bestselling memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director. Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA’s Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the e...Show more

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ISBN

9781439148815

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Failure Is Not an Option Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

Format

Paperback

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