We had risen to probably one of the greatest challenges in history, put a man on the moon in the decade. We'd created incredible technologies. But wh…

- Gene Kranz

Failure is not an option!

- Gene Kranz

From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or w…

- Gene Kranz

Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write "Toug…

- Gene Kranz

You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.

- Gene Kranz

We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option.

- Gene Kranz

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

- Gene Kranz

There is no achievement without risk.

- Gene Kranz

Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or tes…

- Gene Kranz