Christopher Kraft is an American aerospace engineer and retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Assigned to the flight operations division, Kraft became NASA's first flight director. He was on duty during such historic missions as America's first manned spaceflight, first manned orbital flight, and first spacewalk. Christopher Kraft has hand signed this 8x10 Photo. JSA Authentication #AC92796 and JSA Certificate of Authenticity.