Chris Kraft

Dr. Kraft was the Director of the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas, from January 1972 to August 1982. Since his retirement from Federal Service in August of 1982, Dr. Kraft serves as an aerospace consultant to Rockwell International, IBM, and a number of other companies.\\ Dr. Kraft was born on February 28, 1924, in Phoebus, Virginia, and received his BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, in December 1944.\\ In January 1945, Dr. Kraft joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). His entire professional career was in Government service. During his career with NACA he made significant contributions in the field of aeronautical flight research.\\ In October 1958, Dr. Kraft was selected as one of the original members of the Space Task Group, the organization established to manage Project Mercury. In the early phases of Project Mercur