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Mission Control 'members only': NASA flight directors don new jacket
The astronauts are now not the only group at NASA with a jacket of their own.
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How Gene Kranz’s Apollo 13 Vest Boosted Morale For His Team
Gene Kranz (in vest, as Apollo 13 safely splashed down ... Kranz’s wife, Marta, created the garment that would establish a Mission Control tradition. In 1962, when the Kranzes moved into ...
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The Trench: The People at Mission Control
"We call the first row in the control ... the mission is under way, I'm Flight. And Flight is God." Astronaut Jim Lovell, who experienced nearly catastrophic problems on Apollo 13, put it another ...
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Aerosociety Late : Movie Night - Apollo 13
On 30 January, the Royal Aeronautical Society hosted the latest instalment of its Aerosociety Late – Movie Night, showing the ...
Kevin Bacon reflects on ‘Apollo 13’ anniversary as NASA astronauts return to life on Earth: ‘I did feel for those people’
There must’ve been such a challenge for everybody involved,” he told Yahoo Entertainment. “I guess that’s part of what you ...
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Apollo Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Astronauts get all the glory, but true STEM geeks know the people at mission control are superstars, too. Don’t believe us? Take a tour of the Apollo Mission Control Center. In 1985, the room ...
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Ron Howard Reflects on Making Apollo 13 25 Years After It First Hit Theaters
The film focuses on the story of the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission and stars Tom Hanks alongside Kevin Bacon and the late Bill Paxton Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine.