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Eugene Francis Kranz, detto Gene, è un ingegnere statunitense, direttore delle operazioni di volo della NASA durante i programmi Gemini ed Apollo.
Eugene Francis Kranz (born August 17, 1933) is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
28 apr 1999 · Houston, TX – 28 April 1999. Neal: We’re now on the 3rd floor of Building 30 at the Johnson Space Center. Mission Control, as it once was. It’s been reinstated. And that gentleman on camera right now is Gene Kranz. We’re about to hear more of his remarkable history.
Eugene Kranz played a critical role in many milestones in America's space program, serving as flight director for Apollo 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17. He held a critical role in NASA's Mission Control for 34 years, from Project Mercury through STS-61, the first Hubble servicing mission.
7 dic 2011 · Kranz: It came about—I mentioned John Muratore earlier as an absolutely brilliant young man. One day he and I went to the restroom, and we were in the middle of a long budget battle. He had sat through and listened to some of these things.
15 apr 2020 · Eugene F. Kranz wears a special vest to celebrate the shuttle mission STS-41C. Kranz served as the Director of Mission Operations during this 1984 operation. The circumstances of Apollo 13 in 1970 meant that Kranz never changed into a celebratory vest.
19 mar 1998 · NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript. Eugene F. Kranz. Interviewed by Roy Neal. Houston, TX – 19 March 1998. Neal: Gene, by way of openers, how did a jet jockey like you wind up being a Flight Director way back when? Kranz: I was in the flight test business.
