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Failure Is Not an OptionThe memoir of the veteran NASA flight director, about the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, including Apollo 13.Read More
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Ridgewood Patch, May 15, 2012
...Hero pilot Chelsea 'Sully' Sullenberger on Tuesday will be releasing his new leadership book and signing copies at Bookends at 7 p.m. Sullenberger gained international fame in January of 2009 when he safely commandeered U.S. Airways Flight 1549 into...
Contra Costa Times, May 7, 2012
...most intellectual conversations," according to Sullenberger), Admiral Thad Allen ("We really hit it off") and NASA leader Gene Kranz ("He makes you feel like you were there on Apollo 11") demonstrate how Sullenberger's Hudson River story has provided...
Relevant Magazine, July 27, 2011
...It empowers us to pursue what we ‘re called to do. In his book by the same title, Gene Kranz utters the famous phrase "Failure is not an option," referring to bringing back the Apollo 13 astronauts alive. This may be true in successfully landing a...
Evening Herald, February 29, 2012
...and his team got all the important technical stuff right. True, the movie also depicted mission ground controller Gene Kranz (played by Ed Harris) briefly losing his cool, which was Howard's way of communicating the stress everyone was under. The fact...
Examiner.com, February 26, 2012
...John Glen, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jim McDivitt, Gene Cernan and John Young as well as interviews with Gene Kranz, the Flight Director at NASA. The series details how the entire U.S. Space program was almost scrapped due to serious setbacks with its...
Black & White, February 24, 2012
...is in chronological order. I picked up copies of Failure Is Not An Option by NASA flight director Gene Kranz, who coordinated the first moon landing, and who was a key figure in the Apollo 13 adventure, Safire's New Political Dictionary: The Defining...
Fort Bliss Monitor, February 22, 2012
...deals, call 575-437-2840 or toll free 877-333-6589, or visit the website at www.nmspacemuseum.org. ********************************** Flight Director Gene Kranz, who is famous for his role as the director of the Apollo 11 moon landing and tiger team...
Individual.com, February 21, 2012
...On March 10, a special ceremony inducting Gene Kranz into the International Space Hall of Fame will be held at the Tays Special Events Center on the campus of New Mexico State University-Alamogordo. Kranz was chosen for the...
Las Cruces Sun-News, February 21, 2012
...Daily News reportlcsun-news.com Posted: 02/21/2012 03:38:02 AM MST On March 10, a special ceremony inducting Gene Kranz into the International Space Hall of Fame will be held at the Tays Special Events Center on the campus of New Mexico State...
El Paso Times, February 21, 2012
...On March 10, a special ceremony inducting Gene Kranz into the International Space Hall of Fame will be held at the Tays Special Events Center on the campus of New Mexico State University-Alamogordo. Kranz was chosen for the...
