The next-generation Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time in over 60 years, is so full of new tech that NASA reportedly needed a new control room just to manage ...

With shiny new next-generation spacecraft come the complex systems required to track their technologically advanced systems. When it comes to NASA's Orion spacecraft, that need is a whole extra room ...

Artemis I flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center during maximum distance from Earth and Moon on Nov. 28, 2022. Jeff Radigan, the lead flight director for the Artemis II mission, sat at a table ...

The control room is being designed to optimize operator performance during long shifts monitoring a rover on the moon. Researchers are studying factors like room layout, lighting, and break areas to ...

HOUSTON — It's hard to beat an in-person launch experience — especially if you're watching in Mission Control, the literal hub of NASA's human spaceflight program. Reporters and flight directors ...

The first operational mission for the six-month-old MOC saw the control center driven from Brisbane to Canberra the week before launch. It took two days to train the ANU team how to use the MOC, ...

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