1924 - 2019
Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. American Astronaut
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Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. was previously married to Betty Ann Turnbull (1950).
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Relationship Statistics
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Married | 1 |
74 years, 3 months
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Total | 1 |
74 years, 3 months
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Details
First Name |
Christopher
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Middle Name |
Columbus
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Last Name |
Kraft Jr.
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Full Name at Birth |
Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.
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Alternative Name |
Christopher Kraft, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.
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Birthday |
28th February, 1924
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Birthplace |
Phoebus, Virginia USA
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Died |
22nd July, 2019
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Place of Death |
Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Height |
5' 8" (173 cm)
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Build |
Athletic
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Hair Color |
Grey
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Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
NASA flight director Director of Johnson Space Center
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Occupation |
Astronaut
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Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. (February 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019) was an American aerospace engineer and NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 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 crewed spaceflight, first crewed orbital flight, and first spacewalk.
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