ISS Mission Control and Historic Mission Control at Johnson Space Center

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

February 2, 2017

13 Slides
ISS Mission Control and Historic Mission Control at Johnson Space Center

Already have an account?

 

The Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center building on the Johnson Space Center houses two very important spaces in the life of the U.S. Space Program.

The first is the current active mission control where flight controllers monitor and manage activities onboard the International Space Station. This was also the room where shuttle missions were controlled before that program ended with the landing of Shuttle Atlantis at the end of the STS-135 mission.

The other room is just one floor above ISS MCC and is where space flights in the Gemini, Apollo, and early Shuttle missions were monitored. This room is on the list of historic places and still has mission plaques that were hung on the wall by flight controllers after those early space flights.

Very prominently there is also an American flag on display that was carried to the moon on Apollo 17, the final moon landing, and then presented to mission control where it still hangs. It is said that there are also fine dust particles in the thread of the flag from the moons surface.

If you have watched any of the historic NASA footage and it showed the flight controllers working at green consoles then you have seen this room.

It was pretty amazing to visit this place for the first time.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

https://twitter.com/winobs

Sign up for the ITPro Today newsletter
Stay on top of the IT universe with commentary, news analysis, how-to's, and tips delivered to your inbox daily.

You May Also Like