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Images by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft of Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Texas
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President Reagan at Mission
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President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston |
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President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks crew members, astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site in order that he might come along. The STS-2 crew was in their next to last day on orbit when the conversation took place. From left to right standing: Terry J. Hart, NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Hans Mark, NASA Administrator James M. Beggs, JSC Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. From left to right seated: CAPCOM, Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein President, Ronald Reagan Directly above the President in the background: JSC Flight Operations Director, Eugene F. Kranz |
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11/13/1981 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Kranz on Console
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Kranz on Console |
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View of the Flight Directors console in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Houston, Texas, during the Gemini 5 flight. Seated at the console are Eugene F. Kranz (foreground) and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (background). Standing in front of the console are Dr. Charles Berry (left), an unidentified man in the center and astronaut Elliot M. See. |
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08/21/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
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Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission (40022,40023), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. Identifiable in picture, starting in foreground, are Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC: Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (with glasses, looking downward), Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, and Dr. George E. Mueller (with glasses, looking toward left), Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ. Former Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. is standing behind Mr. Low (40024). |
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1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
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Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), at the conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The television monitor shows President Richard M. Nixon greeting the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet in the Pacific recovery area (40301), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. From left foreground Dr. Maxime A. Faget, MSC Director of Engineering and Development, George S. Trimble, MSC Deputy Director, Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director fo Flight Operations, Julian Scheer (in back), Assistant Adminstrator, Offic of Public Affairs, NASA HQ., George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, and Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ (40302). |
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1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure |
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A group of flight controllers gather around the console of Glynn S. Lunney (seated, nearest camera), Shift 4 Flight Director, in the Mission Operations Control Room of Mission Control Center (MCC). Their attention is drawn to a weather map of the proposed landing site in the South Pacific. Among those looking on is Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (standing, in black suit, right). When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home. |
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1970-04-15 |
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NASA Officials in MCC to dec
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NASA Officials in MCC to decide whether to land Apollo 16 or cancel landing |
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NASA Officials gather around a console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) prior to the making of a decision whether to land Apollo 16 on the moon or to abort the landing. Seated, left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt (USAF), Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, MSC, and standing, left to right, are Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office Manned Space Flight (OMSF), NASA HQ., Capt. John K. Holcolmb (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Director of Apollo Operations, OMSF, Sigurd A. Sjoberg, Deputy Director, MSC, Capt. Chester M. Lee (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Apollo Mission Director, OMSF, Dale D. Myers, NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, and Dr. George M. Low, NASA Deputy Administrator. |
| Date Taken |
1972-04-20 |
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Skylab flight controllers an
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Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials in Mission Control Center |
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A group of key Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials cluster around Flight Director Donald R. Puddy's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during consideration of the problem of the undeployed solar panels on the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (wearing coat), JSC Director, is standing behind Puddy. |
| Date Taken |
1973-05-14 |
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Dr. Christopher Kraft looks
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Dr. Christopher Kraft looks over packaged "parasol" in bldg 10 |
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Dr. Christopher C. Kraft J. (left), JSC Director, and George A Post, JSC Crew Systems Division, look over the packaged "parasol" during fabrication and checkout of the umbrella-like mechanical device in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 at JSC. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet. The "parasol" is one of several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. |
| Date Taken |
1973-05-23 |
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Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted
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Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted on return to Ellington Air Force Base |
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Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., center, shakes hands with Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, during welcome ceremonies following crew arrival at Ellington Air Force Base. The crewmen greet their wives after spending 59.5 days in the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit. From left to right are Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriot, science pilot, Mrs. Garriott, Dr. Donald K. Slyaton, Director of Flight Crew Operations at JSC, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander, Mrs. Bean, and the Lousmas. The group stands in front of the VC-140 (Jet Star) which flew the crewmen from San Diego to Ellington Air Force Base. |
| Date Taken |
1973-09-27 |
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Flight Operations Director's
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Flight Operations Director's console in Mission Control during Skylab 4 |
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An overall view of the Flight Operations Director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during the launch of the Skylab 4 mission. The television monitor records the progress of the flight seconds after liftoff. Left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., JSC Director, Howard W. Tindall Jr., JSC Director of Flight Operations, and Flight Director M.P. Frank. Public Affairs commentator John E. McLeish can be seen at the PAO console in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1973-11-16 |
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return t
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas |
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Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (second from left), JSC Director, chats with the three ASTP crewmen on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base after their arrival home from the Pacific recovery area. The six men are, left to right, Col. Donald Robinson, EAFB commander, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut John W. Young, Chief of the Astronaut office at JSC, Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the crew, Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the crew, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, crew commander. This picture was taken prior to the Official welcoming ceremonies (30109), Dr. Glynn S. Lunney (at microphone), American Technical Director of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, praises the three ASTP crewmen during welcoming home ceremonies at Ellington. The seven persons behind Lunney are, left to right, Dr. Kraft, Mrs Vance D. Brand, Astronaut Brand, Mrs. Donald K. Slayton, Astronaut Slayton, Astronaut Stafford, and Mrs. Thomas P. Stafford. Medical treatment in Hawaii delayed the ret |
| Date Taken |
1975-08-10 |
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return t
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas |
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Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (second from left), JSC Director, chats with the three ASTP crewmen on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base after their arrival home from the Pacific recovery area. The six men are, left to right, Col. Donald Robinson, EAFB commander, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut John W. Young, Chief of the Astronaut office at JSC, Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the crew, Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the crew, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, crew commander. This picture was taken prior to the Official welcoming ceremonies (30109), Dr. Glynn S. Lunney (at microphone), American Technical Director of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, praises the three ASTP crewmen during welcoming home ceremonies at Ellington. The seven persons behind Lunney are, left to right, Dr. Kraft, Mrs Vance D. Brand, Astronaut Brand, Mrs. Donald K. Slayton, Astronaut Slayton, Astronaut Stafford, and Mrs. Thomas P. Stafford. Medical treatment in Hawaii delayed the ret |
| Date Taken |
1975-08-10 |
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