NASA Flight Director Matt Abbott (151)

July 2019 marked 50 years since the Apollo moon landing. Days later, Chris Kraft, a visionary behind Mission Control and Nasa's first flight director died aged 95. Dr Karl talks with Matt Abbott - a flight director for 40 shuttle missions. Matt worked on the ISS Robotic arm and is now fine-tuning mission control for the upcoming Orion missions - returning to the moon and beyond.
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NASA Flight Director Matt Abbott (151)

Sep 15, 2019

July 2019 marked 50 years since the Apollo moon
landing. Days later, Chris Kraft, a visionary behind Mission
Control and Nasa's first flight director died aged 95. Dr Karl
talks with Matt Abbott - a flight director for 40 shuttle missions.
Matt worked on the ISS Robotic arm and is now fine-tuning mission
control for the upcoming Orion missions - returning to the moon and
beyond.

@Aquarius_Flight

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