Eugene “Gene” Kranz shares stories from his 34 years at NASA’s Mission Control, beginning in 1960 with his work on Project Mercury, the first American human spaceflight program, and later as flight director for NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs.

Two major digital platforms — YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV — have agreed to carry C-SPAN two months after the nonprofit organization made a public plea for wider distribution. Changing industry economics have taken a toll on C-SPAN, prompting the U.S ...