The Resource Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz
Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz
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The item Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- "Kranz was flight director for both Apollo 11, the mission in which Neil Armstrong fulfilled President Kennedy's pledge, and Apollo 13. He headed the Tiger Team that had to figure out how to bring the three Apollo 13 astronauts safely back to Earth. (In the film Apollo 13, Kranz was played by the actor Ed Harris, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance.)" "In Failure Is Not an Option, Gene Kranz recounts these historic events and offers new information about the famous flights. What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses. When the space technology failed, as it sometimes did, the controllers' only recourse was to rely on their skills and those of their teammates. Kranz takes us inside Mission Control and introduces us to some of the whiz kids - still in their twenties, only a few years out of college - who had to figure it all out as they went along, creating a great and daring enterprise. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780743200790
- Label
- Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
- Title
- Failure is not an option
- Title remainder
- mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
- Statement of responsibility
- Gene Kranz
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Kranz was flight director for both Apollo 11, the mission in which Neil Armstrong fulfilled President Kennedy's pledge, and Apollo 13. He headed the Tiger Team that had to figure out how to bring the three Apollo 13 astronauts safely back to Earth. (In the film Apollo 13, Kranz was played by the actor Ed Harris, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance.)" "In Failure Is Not an Option, Gene Kranz recounts these historic events and offers new information about the famous flights. What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses. When the space technology failed, as it sometimes did, the controllers' only recourse was to rely on their skills and those of their teammates. Kranz takes us inside Mission Control and introduces us to some of the whiz kids - still in their twenties, only a few years out of college - who had to figure it all out as they went along, creating a great and daring enterprise. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kranz, Gene
- Dewey number
- 629.45/3/0973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TL873
- LC item number
- .K73 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Kranz, Gene
- Manned space flight
- Ground support systems (Astronautics)
- Label
- Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 43590801
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743200790
- Lccn
- 00027720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 43590801
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743200790
- Lccn
- 00027720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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