Space Foundation Issues Statement on Death of Space Mission Flight Director Kraft
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 23 -- The Space Foundation issued the following statement by Board Chairman Gen. William Shelton on the death of Christopher Columbus 'Chris' Kraft Jr., the first human space mission flight director, credited with establishing NASA's Mission Control operations:
"Chris Kraft was the recognized father of human spaceflight mission control," said Shelton. "As a space shuttle flight controller in the early 1980s, I knew we we . . .
"Chris Kraft was the recognized father of human spaceflight mission control," said Shelton. "As a space shuttle flight controller in the early 1980s, I knew we we . . .