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At the heart of the manned space flight missions was the Mission Control Center HOUSTON (MCC-H) in the Mission Operations Wing of Building 30.

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Inside the windowless building were two Mission Operations Control Rooms (MOCR) on floors two and three. The second floor MOCR was used for three Apollo Saturn 1B Missions, and Apollo 5-7 and 9, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz missions. The third floor MOCR was used for all the Gemini and Apollo lunar missions. Outside the control room but on the same floor were all the Staff Support Rooms (SSRs) housing the technical specialists responsible for supporting their counterparts in the MOCR.

The first floor of Building 30 was the Real Time Computer Complex (RTCC). The tracking stations interfaced with the MOCRs through the Communications, Command and Telemetry System (CCATS) on the first floor.

Mission Control Center HOUSTON
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1. Director of Flight Operations – Overall responsibility for the mission interface to program Management.

2. Mission Director from NASA Headquarters. The primary interface between NASA Headquarters and the Flight Control Team

3. The Department of Defense Representative – Primary interface with NASA for any Department of Defense support required during a mission, including recovery ships and DoD controlled tracking resources..

4. The Public Affairs Officer – was responsible for providing information on the mission to the public. The television and radio voice of Mission Control.

5. The Flight Director – the team leader, was responsible to the Mission Director for detailed control of the mission from launch (tower clear) to splashdown and assumed the duties of the Mission Director in his absence. In real time was responsible to take any actions needed for crew safety and mission success.

6. INCO – Instrumentation and Communications Officer – With the advent of dual spacecraft operations, lunar surface operations, science TV, and extensive data recovery, a new operating position was added, beginning with the Apollo 11 mission.

7. Operations and Procedures Officer – was responsible to the Flight Director for the detailed implementation of the Mission Control Center/Ground Operational Support Systems mission control procedures.

8. The Assistant Flight Director – was responsible to the Flight Director for detailed control of the mission and assumed the duties of the Flight Director in his absence.

9. Flight Activities Officer – Responsible for real time flight planning and related crew procedures. Maintained track of crew activities in relation to mission time lines.

10. Network Controller – had detailed operational control of the world wide Ground Operational Support System, which included the tracking stations.

11. Flight Surgeons – directed all operational medical activities and crew’s medical status.

12. Spacecraft Communicator – or Capcom, an astronaut who provided all the voice communications between the ground and the spacecraft.

13. Vehicle Systems Engineers – monitored the performance of all electrical, mechanical, communications, environmental and life support and EVA systems on the spacecraft.

14. Booster Systems Engineer – monitored the 3 Saturn V stages during the launch phase.

15. Retrofire Officer – Kept track of abort and return to earth options.

16. Flight Dynamics Officer – monitored the flight trajectory, and planned all major spacecraft manoeuvres. Recommended whether to “Go” or “Abort” a mission.

17. Guidance Officer – monitored the spacecraft computers, the Inertial Guidance and Navigation Systems, and the abort guidance system.

18. The Maintenance and Operations Supervisor – was responsible for the performance and status of the Mission Control Center equipment.

19. Experiments/Lunar Surface Operations Officer. During lunar surface activities an Experiments Officer directed scientific activities and relayed information from the science teams from the booster console for lunar surface as well as orbital science.

Backing the above front line operators in the MOCR were 7 Staff Support Rooms (SSR):

1. Flight Dynamics – to monitor all aspects of powered flight concerning crew safety and orbital insertion, evaluate and recommend modification of trajectories to meet mission objectives.

2. Vehicle Systems – to monitor detailed status of trends of flight systems and components of the spacecraft, and overcoming in-flight equipment failures.

3. Life Systems – to monitor physiological and environmental information from the spacecraft.

4. Flight Crew – to co-ordinate non-medical flight crew activities and any scientific experiments attempted during the flight.

5. Networks – to schedule, monitor, and direct network activities and readiness checks.

6. Operations and Procedures/INCO – to provide detailed technical and administrative support and communications and data systems management.

7. ALSEP/Lunar Science Room – to provide the support for the lunar scientists and management for the science equipment that would remain on the moon after the crews departure.

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