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Name: Flight
Author: Christopher Kraft

Chris Kraft’s memoir offers a rare, inside view of NASA’s formative decades. From his small-town upbringing to becoming the agency’s first flight director, Kraft recounts the massive efforts that launched the Mercury 13 into orbit, guided Gemini crews through complex rendezvous, and steered the Apollo teams to the lunar surface. His narrative charts the triumphs, near disasters, and calculated risks that defined the U.S. space program, while honoring the pilots and engineers who carried the nation farther into the unknown.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography

Authors: Christopher Kraft

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