Houston .281965.E2.80.93present.29 Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

1 houston (1965–present)

1.1 gemini , apollo (1965-1975)
1.2 space shuttle (1981–2011)
1.3 international space station (1998–present)
1.4 other facilities
1.5 mcc-21

houston (1965–present)
gemini , apollo (1965-1975)

located in building 30 @ johnson space center (known manned spacecraft center until 1973), houston mcc first used in june 1965 gemini 4. housed 2 primary rooms known mission operation control rooms (mocr, pronounced moh-ker ). these 2 rooms controlled gemini, apollo, skylab, , space shuttle flights 1998. each consisted of four-tier auditorium, dominated large map screen, which, exception of apollo lunar flights, had mercator projection of earth, locations of tracking stations, , three-orbit sine wave track of spacecraft in flight. each mocr tier specialized, staffed various controllers responsible specific spacecraft system.

mocr 2 @ conclusion of apollo 11 in 1969

mocr 1, housed on second floor of building 30, used apollo 7, skylab , apollo-soyuz test project missions. mocr 2 used other gemini , apollo flights (except gemini 3) , located on third floor. flight control room apollo 11, first manned moon landing, mocr 2 designated national historic landmark in 1985. last used in 1992 flight control room sts-53 , subsequently converted entirely apollo-era configuration , preserved historical purposes. several support wings, listed in national register of historic places apollo mission control center .

space shuttle (1981–2011)


flight control room 1 during sts-30 in 1989

when space shuttle program began, mocrs re-designated flight control rooms (fcr, pronounced ficker ); , fcr 1 (formerly mocr 1) became first shuttle control room. fcr 2 used classified department of defense shuttle flights, remodeled apollo-era configuration. moment space shuttle cleared launch tower in florida until landed on earth, in hands of mission control. when shuttle mission underway, control room staffed around clock, in 3 shifts.

in 1992, jsc began building extension building 30. new five-story section (30 south) went operational in 1998 , houses 2 flight control rooms, designated white, , blue. white fcr used in tandem fcr 2 7 shuttle missions, sts-70 through sts-76, , handled following shuttle flights through end of program. when not in use shuttle program, white fcr reconfigured backup iss fcr time time needed (such during periods of construction or upgrades in iss fcr).

international space station (1998–present)


white flight control room during iss operations (2016)

the newer section of building 30 houses international space station flight control room. first iss control room, named special vehicles operations room (svo), blue fcr, operational around clock support iss until fall of 2006.

fcr 1, meanwhile, had original consoles , tiered decking removed after sts-71, , first converted life sciences center iss payload control operations. after substantial remodelling, new technologies not available in 1998, iss flight control moved totally revamped fcr 1 in october 2006, due growth of iss , international cooperation required among national control centers around world.

other facilities

other mcc facilities include training flight control room, referred red fcr, training area flight controllers; life sciences control room used oversee various experiments; simulation control area (sca), used during shuttle astronaut , flight control training; , exploration planning operations center, used test new concepts operations beyond low-earth orbit. additionally, there multi-purpose support rooms (mpsrs) staffed backup flight controllers, analyze data , run simulations provide information , advice flight controllers.

building 30 named kraft on april 14, 2011.

mcc-21

blue flight control room

from 2012 2014, rooms used during shuttle program underwent upgrades in preparation future human space flight activities. white fcr, sca, , white fcr mpsrs had consoles removed , replaced modern hardware support new operational concept of commercial companies having presence in mission control. project known mission control center 21st century, or mcc-21. white fcr officially completed , unveiled in april 2014.