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Gene Kranz

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August 17, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio, The United States

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Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz is a retired NASA flight director and manager. Kranz served as a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, and is best known for his role in saving the crew of Apollo 13. He is also famous for his trademark flattop hairstyle, and the wearing of vests (waistcoats) of different styles and materials during missions for which he acted as flight director. Kranz has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 633 ratings · 92 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond 415 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz, Danny Campbell 389 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz, Danny Campbell (Narrator) 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz, Danny Campbell 000 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Missions to the Moon: The Complete Story of Man's Greatest Adventure by Rod Pyle (Goodreads Author), Gene Kranz (Foreword) 440 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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“To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort”
― Gene Kranz

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“You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.”
― Gene Kranz

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“Faliure is not an option.”
― Gene Kranz

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