Your client is to mail the papers back to counsel right away. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 01/27/2021), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to James Cahill (1) on 85 LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 1/27/21 re: Bail Modification. Defendant hereby voluntarily consents to participate in the following proceeding via videoconferencing or teleconferencing: Conference before a Judicial Officer. (Status Conference set for 11/9/2021 at 03:00 PM before Judge Colleen McMahon) (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 10/25/2021) (lnl) (Entered: 10/25/2021), SCHEDULING ORDER as to James Cahill, Christopher Kraft, Patrick Hill, Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran, Andrew McKeon, Robert Egan, Scott Roche, Arthur Gipson. Kraft, the creator and longtime leader of NASA's Mission Control, died Monday in Houston, just two days after the 50th anniversary of what was his and NASA's crowning achievement: Apollo 11's. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger) (jbo) (Entered: 10/02/2020), Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger: Initial Appearance as to Kevin McCarron held on 10/1/2020. (McGuirk, Kelly) (Entered: 07/27/2021), NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT as to James Cahill. At the time, Kraft was in Mission Control in Houston, listening in on the Cape test conductor's voice loop. (Kaley, John) (Entered: 03/24/2021), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to Arthur Gipson (11) on 116 LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from John F. Kaley, Esq. If you are not a monthly donor, we allow five alerts and give a bonus of 10 alerts to anybody with the RECAP Extension installed. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. was born on February 28, 1924, in Phoebus, Virgina, now part of Hampton. I want to thank the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York for partnering with my office on this investigation and for working with us to hold these alleged bad actors accountable in federal court.. They are basically saying dismantle the safety and quality assurance mechanisms set in place after the Challenger accident. Exiting the craft,. BAIL DISPOSITION: Agreed conditions of release; $150,000 Personal recognizance bond; To be cosigned by two financially responsible persons; Travel restricted to SDNY/EDNY; Surrender travel documents and no new applications; Pretrial supervision as directed by PTS; Deft not to possess firearm, destructive device, other weapon; Deft to be released on own signature; Remaining conditions to be met by 10/8/2020; Def. "[84] Reviewers almost unanimously commented on the outspokenness of Kraft's storytelling, and his readiness to personally criticize those with whom he had disagreed. Christopher C. Kraft Flight: My Life in Mission Control Hardcover - March 1, 2001 by Christopher Kraft (Author) 187 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $55.99 52 Used from $2.02 6 New from $55.99 5 Collectible from $75.00 Paperback $141.11 6 Used from $36.72 4 New from $141.10 1 Collectible from $150.00 (Maas, Brian) (Entered: 10/28/2020), MEMO ENDORSED granting 39 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Kraft had to personally meet with Admiral John McCain in order to persuade him to make the requisite resources available to NASA.[62]. Defendant present with retained counsel Ben Fischer. [4] His mother, Vanda Olivia (ne Suddreth), was a nurse. I would like to thank the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York for partnering with my Office on these cases, and for bringing these prosecutions to a successful conclusion.". is a reflection of Chris Kraft". In 1972, he became director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (later Johnson Space Center), following his mentor Robert R. Gilruth, and held the position until his retirement in 1982. I got my guys, I got the guys who come to me, and you know that, and everyone knows who comes to me. CAHILL told HILL, following HILLs receipt of a bribe from Employer-1, Welcome to the real world. NORTON similarly stated in a meeting at which NORTON, CAHILL, and HILL received bribes: The real world is the real world and theres . Defendant arraigned and pleads Not Guilty. Document filed by James Cahill. Employer-1 contracted to work on or would bid on projects that could have otherwise employed union workers belonging to Local 638 and/or Local 200. [96][97], He won the Distinguished Citizen Award, given to him by the city of Hampton, Virginia in 1966; the John J. Montgomery Award in 1963;[2] the ASME Medal in 1973;[98] and the Goddard Memorial Trophy, awarded by the National Space Club,[2] and the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership in 1979. As Mathews later recalled, Kraft came to him one day saying, "There needs to be someone in charge of the flights while they're actually going on, and I want to be that person. They accepted bribes to corruptly favor non-union employers and influence the construction trade in New York. Def. For this reason and to allow him more time to close the house for the season, Cahill respectfully requests that he be permitted to continue to live in Long Beach through October 21, 2021. Chris Kraft was directing his first mission from Houston in June 1965, and astronaut Ed White, the first American to "walk" in space, wouldn't get back in the spacecraft. The lessons that he drew from this experience were clear. Kraft commented in his autobiography that, with the choice of his name, "some of my life's direction was settled from the start". Due to the greater length of Gemini missions, Mission Control was now manned on a three-shift basis. (Mazurek, Henry) (Entered: 10/15/2020), CONSENT LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 10/14/20 re: Permission for Limited Travel . America's first spacewalk happened during the Gemini 4 mission; Kraft, at his console, found that he had to force himself to concentrate on his work, distracted by Ed White's "mesmerizing" descriptions of the Earth below. Kraft was right; the heat shield had not been loose after all. Christopher's ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is unknown; and religious views are listed as Christian. Government represents that it has mostly completed discovery. [101][102] The Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center was renamed the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center in his honor in 2011,[103] and Kraft Elementary School in Hampton, Virginia, near his hometown, was named for him. Kraft, the creator and longtime leader of NASA's Mission Control, died Monday in Houston, just two days after the 50th anniversary of what was his and NASA's crowning achievement: Apollo 11's. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 2/17/2021. Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.one of NASA's founding engineers, its first flight director, and a key architect of the Apollo and space shuttle programshas died at the age of 95. Christopher also answers to Christopher Lewis Kraft, and perhaps a couple of other names. HOUSTON - Legendary NASA flight director Christopher Kraft has died. ENDORSEMENT: OK. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 5/6/2021) (ap) (Entered: 05/06/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 5/24/21 re: Bail Modification . Speedy trial time excluded until 10/22/2020. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, humankind's first artificial satellite, in 1957, firing the starting gun. (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 10/06/2020), MEMO ENDORSED re: 27 LETTER MOTION Modification of Bail Conditions as to James Cahill (1)ENDORSEMENT: OK. (Signed by Judge Colleen McMahon on 10/7/2020) (jbo) (Entered: 10/07/2020), LETTER by Christopher Kraft addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Benjamin S. Fischer dated October 8, 2020 re: substitution of council (Fischer, Benjamin) (Entered: 10/08/2020), MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to Christopher Kraft on re: 29 I would respectfully request that the Court formally order Mr. Sapone's substitution of me as Mr. Kraft's counsel and that the docket reflect that I am no longer representing Mr. (nmo) (Entered: 01/22/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Tyler Maulsby dated January 27, 2021 re: Request to Travel to Hunter Mountain . The Mission Control Center building was named after him in 2011. He worked for over a decade in aeronautical research and in 1958 joined the Space Task Group, a small team entrusted with the responsibility of putting America's first man in space. Kraft, the creator and longtime leader of NASA's Mission Control, died Monday in Houston, just two days after the 50th anniversary of what was his and NASA's crowning achievement: Apollo 11s. Def. Document filed by Robert Egan. He practices at BayCare Medical Group. Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, volume 1, p. 118. I respectfully request that Your Honor extend the deadline until October 15, 2020.ENDORSEMENT: Extension Granted. Speedy trial time excluded until 10/22/2020. (Lipton, Evan) (Entered: 08/06/2021), NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Ilana Haramati appearing for Jeremy Sheeran. Was named after his father, Christopher Columbus Kraft. "But it was one hell of a challenge. Directions. As a member of the Space Task Group, Kraft was assigned to the flight operations division, which made plans and arrangements for the operation of the Mercury spacecraft during flight and for the control and monitoring of missions from the ground. The panel's controversial report, known as the Kraft report, recommended that NASA's Space Shuttle operations should be outsourced to a private contractor. (Sapone, Edward) (Entered: 10/05/2020), NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: James R. Froccaro, Jr appearing for Matthew Norton. Around them, the room was filled with cheers, but Kraft and Gilruth celebrated more quietly. In the past, Christopher has also been known as Chris Kraft, Chris S Kraft, Christophe S Kraft and Christopher S Kraft. must surrender passport by 10/2/2020; Def. (McGuirk, Kelly) (Entered: 11/19/2020), NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT as to James Cahill. (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 07/07/2021), LETTER MOTION addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from Sanford Talkin dated 7/7/21 re: Permission to Travel and Attend a Family Event . BAIL DISPOSITION: Agreed conditions of release; $500,000 Personal recognizance bond; To be cosigned by three financially responsible persons; Secured by son's property; Travel restricted to SDNY/EDNY; Surrender travel documents and no new applications; Pretrial supervision as directed PTS; Home detention; Electronic Monitoring; Deft not to possess firearm, destructive device, other weapon; Deft to be released on own signature; Remaining conditions to be met by 10/8/2020; FRPs are to be Def's sons and his brother. "[50], Kraft was surprised at Time's decision to put him on the cover and told the NASA public affairs officer that "they've got the wrong guy. may not have contact with co-defendants unless in presence of counsel. AUSAs Danielle Sassoon and Jason Swergold present for the government. (jbo) (Main Document 93 replaced on 4/12/2021) (jbo). [71], Kraft was eligible to retire in the early 1980s, but he chose not to take the option. Chris Kraft was NASA's visionary first flight director, who guided astronauts as they orbited Earth and landed on the Moon. Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr. (February 28, 1924 - July 22, 2019) was an American aerospace and NASA engineer who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control Center and shaping its organization and culture. Cooper noted that Kraft "pull[s] no punches about some of [his colleagues'] shortcomings",[83] and Kliatt magazine said that he "isn't afraid to name names". ENDORSEMENT: Denied. [46], With the beginning of the Apollo program, Kraft expected to resume at Mission Control. BAIL DISPOSITION: Agreed conditions of release; $250,000 Personal recognizance bond; To be cosigned by one financially responsible person - wife; Secured by family home; Travel restricted to SDNY/EDNY; Surrender travel documents and no new applications; Pretrial supervision as directed by PTS; Deft not to possess firearm, destructive device, other weapon; Deft to be released on own signature; Remaining conditions to be met by 10/8/2020; Def. (Talkin, Sanford) (Entered: 12/18/2020), LETTER by USA as to James Cahill addressed to Judge Colleen McMahon from AUSA Jason Swergold dated December 28, 2020 re: Letter in Opposition to Cahill Bail Request Document filed by USA. Kraft believed that the Segment 51 indicator was due to faulty instrumentation rather than to an actual early deployment. AUSAs Danielle Sassoon and Jason Swergold present for the government. The United States was scrambling to catch up with the Soviet Union after the first Sputnik satellite launch in 1957 and after . (jbo) (Entered: 03/17/2021), Appearance Bond Entered as to Scott Roche: $150,000 Personal Recognizance bond; To be cosigned by Two Financially Responsible persons; Additional Conditions. [**Advice of Penalties and Sanctions attached.] Click here to report information on Amazon warehouses. Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., NASA's first flight director, passed away Monday, two days after the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "[76] Fundamental to the report was the idea that the Space Shuttle had become "a mature and reliable system about as safe as today's technology will provide. This suggested that the capsule's landing bag, which was meant to deploy upon splashdown in order to provide a cushion, might have deployed early. For example, after CAHILL brought defendant PATRICK HILL into the Enterprise as a union official who would and did accept bribes, CAHILL told a non-union employer from whom CAHILL and HILL had received bribes (Employer-1): Heres the thing. Mr. Chris Kraft currently serves as the Assistant Administrator for Financial Systems in FEMA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). SO ORDERED. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 8/2/2021. Public Service Broadcasting dedicated their. Court makes necessary findings, pursuant to the CARES Act, permitting the Court to proceed via video/telephone conference.Defendants request a 90-day adjournment to review discovery.The case is adjourned to June 17, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. [48] Kraft was asked by Betty Grissom, the widow of astronaut Gus Grissom, to be one of the pallbearers at Grissom's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. (McGuirk, Kelly) (Entered: 05/03/2021), NOTICE OF FILING OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT as to James Cahill. Former union leaders Christopher Kraft and Patrick Hill also pled guilty to honest services fraud conspiracy while Matthew Norton, William Brian Wangerman, Kevin McCarron, Jeremy Sheeran,. 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