ENGINEER. FLIGHT DIRECTOR. 10.5" Live LEADER. 11" Trim 11" 11.25" Bleed 11.25" GIANT. For an incredible career and a lifetime of service marked by brilliance and courage, Boeing is proud to congratulate Gene Kranz on receiving the 2007 National Space Trophy. 8" Live 8.5" Trim 8.75" Bleed Scale: 1.0" = 1" Job Number: BOEG_IDS_IMG_0992M Approved Client: Boeing Product: Integrated Defense Systems Date/Initials Date: 2/22/07 GCD: P. Serchuk file Name: BOEG_IDS_IMG_0992M Creative Director: P. Serchuk Output printed at: 100% Art Director: J. Alexander Fonts: Helvetica (Bold), Helvetica (Plain), Agenda Light Copy Writer: P. Serchuk Media: RNASA 2007 Print Producer: Space/Color: Full Page–4-Color–Bleed Account Executive: D. McAuliffe 3C 50K Live: 8 in. x 10.5 in. Client: Boeing 50C 4C 41M Trim: 8.5 in x 11 in. Proof Reader: 41Y Bleed: 8.75 in. x 11.25 in. Legal: Production Artist: D. 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Three 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456months later I was shipped to Korea.” The couple had six 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456children between 1958 and 1966; Carmen, Lucy, Joan Frances, 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Mark, Brigid, and Jean Marie; and now have twelve 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456grandchildren. 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Kranz served as a flight test engineer at Holloman 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456AFB, New Mexico, for McDonnell Aircraft developing the Quail7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Eugene 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456F. Decoy Missile for the B-47 and B-52 aircraft from 1958 to 1960. 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456“Gene” “The program was wrapping up in the summer of 1960,” Kranz 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456said. “I was offered a position at Edwards and in St. Louis on 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Kranz 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456the Phantom II, but in the spring of 1960, I started following the7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Aviation Week reports on Project Mercury.” He spotted an ad 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456for engineers for the Space Task Group in the July issue. “I 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456applied and was hired sight unseen, reporting to Langley in 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456October. Two weeks after being hired, Kraft sent me down to the7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Cape to write the MR-1 [Mercury Redstone] countdown and 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456some ‘Mission Rules.’” 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456In a recent interview, Dr. Kraft recalled, “My first real 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456NASA photo encounter with him was when we all went to Cape Canaveral as7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456a team of flight controllers to prepare for the first launch of the7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Redstone and Atlas rockets… He rapidly became a key member7 1Eugene234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 F. “Gene” Kranz, former Director of Mission Operations for 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456of the group and a strong contributor to the development of 7 1NASA234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 and famed Flight Director of Apollo 13 where failure was flight control techniques… He was unquestionably a leader.” 7 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567 1never234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 an option, was selected by the RNASA Board of Advisors as Kranz served as assistant flight director for Project 7 1the234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 winner of the 2007 National Space trophy. He is cited for 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Mercury. In 1962, he moved to Houston as branch chief for 7 1“outstanding234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 achievements in his pivotal role in the development Flight Control Operations and assumed flight director duties for7 1of234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 flight control operations for all manned space flights.” 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456all Project Gemini missions. His job “was to train, plan, and 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456Mr. Kranz was born on August 17, 1933, in Toledo Ohio. provide the remote site teams and systems engineers and 7 1After234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456 his father died in 1940, his mother took in boarders. “We 7 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456procedures personnel for, Mission Control. Included in the duty7 1lived234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456