Going to be taking a long trip for the holidays and won't be able to get on here much until afterwards. So, Merry Christmas to all you savages.
And as a bonus, here's a bunch of information about Mission Control
First Panel on the left:
The MET (Mission Elapsed Time) of the following:
62P – 62nd Progress Cargo Craft (resupply craft)
44S – Expedition 44
61P – 61st Progress Cargo Craft (resupply craft)
OA-4 – Cygnus CROS OA-4 (Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 4)
45S – Expedition 45
Second Panel from the Left:
The GMT Time
62P Dock - Docking time for the 62nd Progress Cargo Craft
Third Panel from the Left:
Crew Sleep – count down until crew’s sleep time
ISS W171 SK LOS – Countdown until Loss Of Signal with station
ISS E041 SK AOS – countdown until Acquisition of Signal again with station
Last Panel:
NITE– countdown until station enters the part of earth enveloped by night
CYG S046 Sb AOS - countdown until Acquisition of Signal with Cygnus
CYG S046 Sb LOS – countdown until Loss of Signal with Cygnus
Middle Right:
The green button says Go. This means they are able to communicate with sation. On occasion for various reasons, they may lose signal. This will turn red and say Stop, I believe.
Bottom:
Usually if there's a mess up by one of the groups, they get the little Gremlin plush toy on their desks. Just a funny little thing they do and it looks like EVA has it right now. I wonder what they did!
Mission Control Teams
You can see the team name panels lit in blue on top of the desks. (some listed are not pictured)
ADCO – Altitude Determination and Control Officer - monitors altitude and flight path
ISE – Integrated and Systems Engineer
Spartan - I forget...
ETHOS – Environmental and Thermal Operating Systems
Flight Director - responsible for the overall mission
EVA – Extravehicular activity - monitor any space walks
ISO – Inventory Stowage Officer (I think)
Ops Planner – monitors and plans the schedule of the astronauts aboard station
CAPCOM – Capsule Communicator - communicates with station
OSO – Operations Support Officer - Support on-orbit maintenance tasks, provides real-time support to crew as they execute tasks
TOPO – Trajectory Operations Officer
PAO – Public Affairs Officer
Pluto – I forget...
Thor –Thermal Operations
BME – Biomedical Engineer
Surgeon – a doctor who specializes in aerospace medicine
CATO – Communications and tracking officer
JAXA – Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
ISS Tracking Screen
Here's a picture of the screen (an older photo found online. Picture on my phone wasn't as clear as this one)
1. ISS and the white lines are it's flight paths
2. The various Russian communication arrays. The Russian control center can only communicate with the crew when the ISS passes over these specific spots
3. The South Atlantic Anomaly. This area affects electrical components on board station.
4. The TDRS-7 satellite (display name T275W- T for TDRS and 275W for its coordinates. This along with the TDRS-6/11 provide the communication downlinks from station to ground control. The range of it's comms is the blue circle around North America
5. The Zone of Exclusion
6. The TDRS-6 Satellite (display name - T046W) - It's comm range is the yellow circle over much of Asia
7. The TDRS-11 Satellite (Display name - T171W) - it's comm range is the green circle in the middle
And as a bonus, here's a bunch of information about Mission Control
First Panel on the left:
The MET (Mission Elapsed Time) of the following:
62P – 62nd Progress Cargo Craft (resupply craft)
44S – Expedition 44
61P – 61st Progress Cargo Craft (resupply craft)
OA-4 – Cygnus CROS OA-4 (Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 4)
45S – Expedition 45
Second Panel from the Left:
The GMT Time
62P Dock - Docking time for the 62nd Progress Cargo Craft
Third Panel from the Left:
Crew Sleep – count down until crew’s sleep time
ISS W171 SK LOS – Countdown until Loss Of Signal with station
ISS E041 SK AOS – countdown until Acquisition of Signal again with station
Last Panel:
NITE– countdown until station enters the part of earth enveloped by night
CYG S046 Sb AOS - countdown until Acquisition of Signal with Cygnus
CYG S046 Sb LOS – countdown until Loss of Signal with Cygnus
Middle Right:
The green button says Go. This means they are able to communicate with sation. On occasion for various reasons, they may lose signal. This will turn red and say Stop, I believe.
Bottom:
Usually if there's a mess up by one of the groups, they get the little Gremlin plush toy on their desks. Just a funny little thing they do and it looks like EVA has it right now. I wonder what they did!
Mission Control Teams
You can see the team name panels lit in blue on top of the desks. (some listed are not pictured)
ADCO – Altitude Determination and Control Officer - monitors altitude and flight path
ISE – Integrated and Systems Engineer
Spartan - I forget...
ETHOS – Environmental and Thermal Operating Systems
Flight Director - responsible for the overall mission
EVA – Extravehicular activity - monitor any space walks
ISO – Inventory Stowage Officer (I think)
Ops Planner – monitors and plans the schedule of the astronauts aboard station
CAPCOM – Capsule Communicator - communicates with station
OSO – Operations Support Officer - Support on-orbit maintenance tasks, provides real-time support to crew as they execute tasks
TOPO – Trajectory Operations Officer
PAO – Public Affairs Officer
Pluto – I forget...
Thor –Thermal Operations
BME – Biomedical Engineer
Surgeon – a doctor who specializes in aerospace medicine
CATO – Communications and tracking officer
JAXA – Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
ISS Tracking Screen
Here's a picture of the screen (an older photo found online. Picture on my phone wasn't as clear as this one)
1. ISS and the white lines are it's flight paths
2. The various Russian communication arrays. The Russian control center can only communicate with the crew when the ISS passes over these specific spots
3. The South Atlantic Anomaly. This area affects electrical components on board station.
4. The TDRS-7 satellite (display name T275W- T for TDRS and 275W for its coordinates. This along with the TDRS-6/11 provide the communication downlinks from station to ground control. The range of it's comms is the blue circle around North America
5. The Zone of Exclusion
6. The TDRS-6 Satellite (display name - T046W) - It's comm range is the yellow circle over much of Asia
7. The TDRS-11 Satellite (Display name - T171W) - it's comm range is the green circle in the middle
