![NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5 - American Archive of Public Broadcasting NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5 - American Archive of Public Broadcasting](https://s3.amazonaws.com/americanarchive.org/thumbnail/cpb-aacip-15-p55db7x161.jpg)
NOVA; To the Moon; Interview with Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director, part 1 of 5 - American Archive of Public Broadcasting
![Gene Kranz, aerospace engineer, fighter pilot and the most prominent of the Apollo era flight directors and later Director of NASA Flight Operations, at the console where he worked during the Gemini Gene Kranz, aerospace engineer, fighter pilot and the most prominent of the Apollo era flight directors and later Director of NASA Flight Operations, at the console where he worked during the Gemini](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MJM8DX/gene-kranz-aerospace-engineer-fighter-pilot-and-the-most-prominent-of-the-apollo-era-flight-directors-and-later-director-of-nasa-flight-operations-at-the-console-where-he-worked-during-the-gemini-and-apollo-missions-the-center-position-on-the-third-row-inside-the-mission-control-room-being-restored-to-replicate-the-apollo-mission-era-for-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-apollo-moon-landing-at-the-nasa-johnson-space-center-monday-june-17-2019-in-houston-ap-photomichael-wyke-2MJM8DX.jpg)
Gene Kranz, aerospace engineer, fighter pilot and the most prominent of the Apollo era flight directors and later Director of NASA Flight Operations, at the console where he worked during the Gemini
![NASA History Office on Twitter: "Happy Birthday to the iconic Gene Kranz! Kranz joined NASA in 1960 as the assistant flight director for Project Mercury. He went on to assume flight director NASA History Office on Twitter: "Happy Birthday to the iconic Gene Kranz! Kranz joined NASA in 1960 as the assistant flight director for Project Mercury. He went on to assume flight director](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9AgTdHXMAcmZVF.jpg)