Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr.> ?p ?o. }
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. abstract "Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. (born February 28, 1924) is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Tech in 1944, Kraft was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor organization to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He worked for over a decade in aeronautical research before being asked in 1958 to join the Space Task Group, a small team entrusted with the responsibility of putting America's first man in space. Assigned to the flight operations division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director. He was on duty during such historic missions as America's first human spaceflight, first human orbital flight, and first spacewalk. At the beginning of the Apollo program, Kraft retired as a flight director to concentrate on management and mission planning. In 1972, he became director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center), following in the footsteps of his mentor Robert R. Gilruth. He held the position until his 1982 retirement from NASA. During his retirement, Kraft has consulted for numerous companies including IBM and Rockwell International, and he published an autobiography entitled Flight: My Life in Mission Control.More than any other person, Kraft was responsible for shaping the organization and culture of NASA's Mission Control. As his protégé Glynn Lunney commented, "the Control Center today ... is a reflection of Chris Kraft." When Kraft received the National Space Trophy from the Rotary Club in 1999, the organization described him as "a driving force in the U.S. human space flight program from its beginnings to the Space Shuttle era, a man whose accomplishments have become legendary."".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. almaMater Virginia_Tech.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthDate "1924-02-28".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthName "Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr.".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthPlace Phoebus,_Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthPlace Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthYear "1924".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr.__1.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr.__2.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation NASA.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. thumbnail Chris_Kraft.jpg?width=300.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink default.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink ai_107124440.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink 339.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink winner1999.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink sp2002-0426.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink archive.mpl?id=1995_1262378.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink kraft.htm.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink contents.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink contents.htm.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink RWC_5-24-99.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink HoneycuttJF_3-22-00.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink HutchinsonNB_1-21-04.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink GSL_1-13-00.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink GSL_3-9-98.pdf.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink 010311.11coopert.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink 1.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink 0,9171,895774,00.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink 0,8816,828350,00.html.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageExternalLink index.php?relyear=2006&itemno=454.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageID "969608".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wikiPageRevisionID "603092488".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. almaMater "Virginia Tech, B.S. 1944".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthDate "1924-02-28".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthName "Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr.".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. birthPlace Phoebus,_Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. caption "Chris Kraft as director of Johnson Space Center, 1979".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. dateOfBirth "1924-02-28".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. hasPhotoCollection Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr..
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. name "Kraft, Christopher Columbus, Jr.".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation Flight_controller.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation NASA.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. occupation "Director of Johnson Space Center".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. placeOfBirth Phoebus,_Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. placeOfBirth Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. shortDescription Engineer.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. shortDescription NASA.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. spouse "Betty Anne Kraft".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. description "NASA engineer".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. description "NASA engineer".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:1924_births.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:American_Episcopalians.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:Living_people.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:Members_of_the_United_States_National_Academy_of_Engineering.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:NASA_flight_controllers.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:People_from_Elizabeth_City_County,_Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. subject Category:Virginia_Tech_alumni.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Accountant109761403.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Alumnus109786338.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Businessperson109882716.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Capitalist109609232.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type CausalAgent100007347.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Intellectual109621545.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type LivingPeople.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type LivingThing100004258.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type NASAFlightControllers.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Object100002684.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Organism100004475.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type PeopleFromElizabethCityCounty,Virginia.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Person100007846.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Scholar110557854.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type VirginiaTechAlumni.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Whole100003553.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type YagoLegalActor.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Agent.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Person.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Person.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Q215627.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Q5.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Agent.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type NaturalPerson.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Thing.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. type Person.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. comment "Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. (born February 28, 1924) is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Tech in 1944, Kraft was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor organization to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. label "Christopher C. Kraft".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. label "Christopher C. Kraft".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. label "Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. label "Christopher Kraft".
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Christopher_C._Kraft.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Christopher_C._Kraft.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Christopher_Kraft.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs m.03vcvg.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Q735104.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Q735104.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. sameAs Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr..
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. wasDerivedFrom Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr.?oldid=603092488.
- Christopher_C._Kraft,_Jr. depiction Chris_Kraft.jpg.