MCC differences

One thing that strikes me as a difference between the Shuttle and ISS
Mission Control Centers is that the shuttle consoles have bookshelves as
their backsides, and the ISS ones don't.

Is that because of the difference in mission profiles? Shuttle having one
that changes dramatically at least 5 times, and the station mission profile
remaining more consistent? Or is it because the backroom(s) for ISS have
all the bookshelves?

I've lost track of renovation cycles ... which MCC has been more recently
redone?

/dps

Snidely scribbled something like ...

One thing that strikes me as a difference between the Shuttle and ISS
Mission Control Centers is that the shuttle consoles have bookshelves
as their backsides, and the ISS ones don't.

Or did I get that backwards?

Is that because of the difference in mission profiles? Shuttle having
one that changes dramatically at least 5 times, and the station
mission profile remaining more consistent? Or is it because the
backroom(s) for ISS have all the bookshelves?

I've lost track of renovation cycles ... which MCC has been more
recently redone?

/dps

him too.

Snidely scribbled something like ...

Snidely scribbled something like ...

One thing that strikes me as a difference between the Shuttle and ISS
Mission Control Centers is that the shuttle consoles have bookshelves
as their backsides, and the ISS ones don't.

Or did I get that backwards?

Renfrew and Eglin currently sitting in front of a lot of bookshelf space,
as is the team around them.

/dps

On 03/06/2011 03:09 PM, Snidely wrote:
One thing that strikes me as a difference between the Shuttle and ISS
Mission Control Centers is that the shuttle consoles have bookshelves as
their backsides, and the ISS ones don't.

Is that because of the difference in mission profiles? Shuttle having one
that changes dramatically at least 5 times, and the station mission profile
remaining more consistent? Or is it because the backroom(s) for ISS have
all the bookshelves?

ISS relies more heavily on electronic procedures... the flight
controllers read them using the PCs next to their workstations. As you
note, there is still plenty of paper documentation in the ISS FCR as well.

I've lost track of renovation cycles ... which MCC has been more recently
redone?

Rough timeline:
Apollo era: building 30M, MOCRs 1 and 2 on 2nd and 3rd floors, respectively.
1970s: building 30M, MOCR 1-2 renamed FCR 1-2 for shuttle. FCR-2 has
classified access for DoD missions, FCR-1 does non-DoD missions.
1992: construction of building 30S (space station control center) begins.
1993: after last DoD flight, FCR-2 retired and restored to its
Apollo-era configuration.
1995-96: shuttle flight control migrates from FCR-1 in 30M to White FCR
in 30S (first orbit, then ascent/entry). FCR-1 reconfigured for ISS
payload ops.
1998: station flight control begins in Blue FCR in 30S.
2008: FCR-1 reconfigured as ISS flight control room, ISS flight control
migrates from Blue FCR to FCR-1. Blue FCR reconfigured for Ares I-X
flight-following activities.

And that is how things stand now, White FCR supporting shuttle and FCR-1
supporting ISS.

"Jorge R. Frank" responded with

[... interesting stuff ... ]
And that is how things stand now, White FCR supporting shuttle and
FCR-1 supporting ISS.


Thanks, Jorge!

I see the occasional CRT monitor at some of the stations ... in the
foreground, when you're looking back towards the Flight Director from the
front of the room, and to the right of Capcom as you look from the back
corner. Gave me pause to see that.

/dps

On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:10:37 -0800, Jorge R. Frank
wrote:
On 03/06/2011 03:09 PM, Snidely wrote:


I've lost track of renovation cycles ... which MCC has been more
recently
redone?

Rough timeline:
[...]
1998: station flight control begins in Blue FCR in 30S.
2008: FCR-1 reconfigured as ISS flight control room, ISS flight control
migrates from Blue FCR to FCR-1. Blue FCR reconfigured for Ares I-X
flight-following activities.

And that is how things stand now, White FCR supporting shuttle and FCR-1
supporting ISS.


Ha. They've just (within the last couple of weeks, I guess) thrown up an
overview of the ISS FCR.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/491256main_jsc2009e156744.jpg has a
LOT of screens in view; I'll have to track down a better size for that.

That's on the page at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/index.html,
I believe, and there's some Flash links for me to explore.

/dps

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Snidely scribbled something like ...



Ha. They've just (within the last couple of weeks, I guess) thrown up
an overview of the ISS FCR.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/491256main_jsc2009e156744.jpg has
a LOT of screens in view; I'll have to track down a better size for
that.

That would be
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-
128/html/jsc2009e156744.html



That's on the page at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/index.html,
I believe, and there's some Flash links for me to explore.

/dps