NASA’s first flight director Chris Kraft dies at 95
NASA’s first flight director, Chris Kraft, has died just days after 50th anniversary celebrations for the first moon landing.
NASA’s first flight director, Chris Kraft, who played a critical role in the American space race, has died just days after 50th anniversary celebrations for the first moon landing.
The 95-year-old joined NASA in 1958 and developed the planning and control processes needed for crewed space missions, creating the agency’s Mission Control operations that were used to manage the first US manned spaceflight and the Apollo missions to the moon.
“America has truly lost a national treasure today with the passing of one of NASA’s earliest pioneers,” said agency chief Jim Bridenstine announcing Mr Kraft’s death yesterday.
“Chris was one of the core team members that helped our nation put humans in space and on the Moon, and his legacy is immeasurable.”
Space enthusiasts around the world commemorated the 1969 moon landing on Saturday.
AFP
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