Birth Name:

Gene Kranz

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Aug 17, 1933

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Toledo, Ohio, United States

Age:

91

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

24°

Leo

16'

About Gene Kranz

Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz (born August 17, 1933) is an American aerospace engineer, a former fighter pilot, and a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Gemini and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He is best known for directing the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13, and was later portrayed in the major motion picture of the same name by actor Ed Harris. He is also noted for his close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper "mission" vests (waistcoats) of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) | 2007 National Space Trophy Recipient

• Space Lifeguard: An Interview with Gene Kranz from Space.com posted 2000-04-11

• Eugene F. KRANZ long interview conducted by Rebecca Wright et al. of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, nasa.gov, January 8, 1999

• "Missing out on outer space" Op-Ed written by Kranz for The Hill. June 12, 2007.

• Smithsonian Magazine article about Gene Kranz's Vest

• Appearances on C-SPAN

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Gene Kranz: Sun 24 Leo, Moon 13 Cancer, Mercury 5 Leo, Venus 25 Virgo, Mars 24 Libra, Jupiter 25 Virgo, Saturn 12 Aquarius, Uranus 27 Aries, Neptune 9 Virgo, Pluto 23 Cancer, Sun Trine Uranus, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Jupiter, Sun Semi Sextile Pluto, Venus Semi Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Venus Quincunx Uranus, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mars Opposition Uranus, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Mars Square Pluto, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Jupiter Quincunx Uranus, Jupiter Sextile Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Gene Kranz: Living people, American people of German descent, Ohio, August 17 births, Saint Louis University alumni, People from Toledo, NASA people, United States Air Force officers, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, NASA flight controllers, 1933 births, National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees, Apollo 13

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