--- product_id: 76326317 title: "Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond" price: "1913740₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/76326317-failure-is-not-an-option-mission-control-from-mercury-to store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond **Price:** 1913740₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond - **How much does it cost?** 1913740₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/76326317-failure-is-not-an-option-mission-control-from-mercury-to) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This New York Times bestselling memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director. Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA’s Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight director’s role in the Gemini program, which he guided to fruition. With his teammates, he accepted the challenge to carry out President John F. Kennedy’s commitment to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. Kranz recounts these thrilling historic events and offers new information about the famous flights. What appeared as nearly flawless missions to the Moon were, in fact, a series of hair-raising near misses. When the space technology failed, as it sometimes did, the controllers’ only recourse was to rely on their skills and those of their teammates. He reveals behind-the-scenes details to demonstrate the leadership, discipline, trust, and teamwork that made the space program a success. A fascinating firsthand account by a veteran mission controller of one of America’s greatest achievements, Failure is Not an Option reflects on what has happened to the space program and offers his own bold suggestions about what we ought to be doing in space now. Review: Content is so great, book quality is so bad - The book quality is not good, not worth the money, but the content is so great.for the content 5 star,for the quality 1 star. Review: A different perspective - A different perspective to space flight from the people who made it happen but never hogged the limelight ## Features - Simon Schuster ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #117,958 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #30 in Aeronautical Engineering #52 in Aerospace Engineering #105 in Astronomy & Astrophysics | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,833 Reviews | ## Images ![Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/814UXJDnbZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Content is so great, book quality is so bad *by E***A on 9 August 2025* The book quality is not good, not worth the money, but the content is so great.for the content 5 star,for the quality 1 star. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A different perspective *by A***E on 21 August 2019* A different perspective to space flight from the people who made it happen but never hogged the limelight ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It was exciting at times and a bit of a dull read sometimes *by S***E on 18 October 2014* The book gives a detailed history of what went behind the scenes in the development of American space mission. It was exciting at times and a bit of a dull read sometimes. The book could have given further details on the technological challenges and how they were overcome, something more on the objectives of these missions and findings from the lunar missions. That would have given amore complete picture. As such, the book is written only with an eye on mission control. ## Frequently Bought Together - Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond - Apollo 13 - Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/76326317-failure-is-not-an-option-mission-control-from-mercury-to](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/76326317-failure-is-not-an-option-mission-control-from-mercury-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-06-01*