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May 22—Toledo celebrated its space-pioneering native son Saturday with a nearly two-hour ceremony rededicating Toledo Express Airport in honor of Eugene F. Kranz, the 34-year NASA mission-control veteran best known as flight director for the Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 moon missions. "My life began here, it began in aviation," Mr. Kranz, 87, said during his own remarks after being regaled by ...
May 16—Gene Kranz famously proclaimed failure is not an option — though not in those precise words — but as a high school senior he learned something about recovering from it. Having dreamt of becoming a Navy pilot, the Central Catholic High School graduate secured a coveted appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., only to flunk the physical examination required for admission. ...