Chris Kraft (1924-2019)

[Weatherman2020]

NASA aerospace engineer and legendary flight director Chris Kraft, who made mission control what it is today was called home today.

Chris was one of NASA's founding engineers and became its first flight director (the lead director in space mission operations) and personally invented the mission planning and control processes required for crewed space missions when no one had any idea about going to space. It was nice he got to see the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

 

[fncceo]

It's not uncommon for someone to die around the anniversary of a pivotal event in their life, like a birthday or an anniversary.

You can't get any more pivotal than man's first landing on The Moon.

Chris Craft truly was a steely-eyed missile man.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Those early space guys were a different breed altogether.

 

[fncceo]

Those early space guys were a different breed altogether.

It's a shame our country lost interest and abandoned them so quickly.

Our heroes have gone from ...

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[WinterBorn]

Such an amazing legacy he left behind.

 

[skye]

Chris Kraft, Bless you and Rest In Peace.

What a long, productive life!