ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JUNE 8-11--FILE--Gene Kranz, right, celebrates the Apollo 13 splashdown with a cigar at Johnson Space Center's Mission Control in Houston April 17, 1970. Kranz has written a new book, 'Failure is Not an Option,' about America's early space program. (AP Photo/NASA)  HOUCHRON CAPTION (07/01/2000): Gene Kranz, right, celebrates the completion of the Apollo 13 space mission with a cigar at his chair at Mission Control in Houston's Johnson Space Center. Kranz has written an autobiography about his experiences as flight director of NASA.
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