Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gene Kranz

Gene Kranz in Mission Control

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Original – Eugene F. Kranz, Apollo flight director, is shown at his console on May 30, 1965, in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at Houston during a Gemini-Titan IV simulation to prepare for the four-day, 62-orbit flight.

Alt 1 Dust specks removed; cracks and white bleedthrough in lower edge fixed, fingerprint removed at lower right, uneven edge on left fixed.

Reason

High quality image, especially considering it is from 1965. Historic photo of Gene Kranz working as flight director in flight control in his signature vest. Free license as it is from NASA. This is one of the most historic photos from NASA's mission control.

Articles in which this image appears

Gene Kranz

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

Johnson Space Center

• Support ALT1 as nominator – Kees08 (talk) 04:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support ALT1 - Useful, good for showing him in a workplace setting. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 12:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Comment - My only issue is that this isn't his signature vest - the article notes that his signature was a white vest, but the article has no photos of him wearing one, and two (including this) of him in dark vests. TSP (talk) 15:10, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
  • Ah, fair enough. He wore the black vests during training sessions. His wife made him different vests for different occasions, and sometimes special ones for unique events. I think the vest itself is the important bit, I can change up my wording. Kees08 (talk) 15:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
    • Actually, I think you're right and the article is wrong - http://spacecenter.org/attractions/starship-gallery/gene-kranz-vest/ shows that his Apollo 17 vest was striped (admittedly with one of the colours being white), and http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4223/ch6.htm has him in a dark vest during the Gemini VIII re-entry. I think the 'signature' white vest was simply the one he was wearing at his most famous moment - during the Apollo 13 mission. So I think the image is fine and the article needs correcting. TSP (talk) 17:53, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• @Kees08, Jobas, Crisco 1492, and TSP: I've added a cleanup. Mainly because of the bottom and left edges, and the fingerprint in the lower right corner, though I removed dust specks from throughout the image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:20, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:23, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 – Jobas (talk) 22:57, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1: Dynamic and interesting. Thanks for cleaning it up, Adam! Julia\^talk 16:54, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Eugene F. Kranz at his console at the NASA Mission Control Center.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:35, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

• Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:35, 22 July 2016 (UTC)