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Christopher Kraft
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An American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's first flight director and was instrumental in establishing its Mission Control Center, overseeing the earliest crewed spaceflights of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
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Defining ContributionNASA's first flight director; instrumental in establishing Mission Control and overseeing the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. ... was an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's inaugural flight director and played a pivotal role in establishing the agency's Mission Control Center.
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Wikimedia FoundationChristopher Kraft, infobox
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