Mission Control Operations

Photos of flight controllers at various mission control centers overseeing space missions, with computers and screens displaying important data and visuals.

(11 May 1992) --- In the space shuttle flight control room (FCR) in Mission Control Center in Houston, Flight Director Al Pennington monitors the progress of the initial spacewalk of the STS-49 flight. A scale model of HM Bark Endeavour, namesake for the space shuttle currently making its inaugural flight, adorns the console. .

Meteorologists Watch a Severe Storm Develop

Members of NASAs Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

Expedition 54 flight engineers Scott Tingle of NASA, bottom left, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, bottom center, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) bottom right, are seen with flight engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, top left, Commander Alexander Misurkin, top center, and flight engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA, top right, on a video monitor as they speak with family and friends at the Moscow Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a few hours after the Soyuz MS-07 docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.

DATE: 10-25-13LOCATION: Bldg 16, Rm 1040SUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 crew members Samantha Cristoforetti, Barry Wilmore, Terry Virts during FF T&C/R Mini Sim 1 in the SES Alpha Cupola trainer.

A view of the International Space Station is seen from the Soyuz TMA-12M on the screen of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia as the spacecraft docks to the Poisk module, Friday, March 28, 2014. The Soyuz TMA-12M with Expedition 39/40 crew members, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days earlier. The Soyuz crew members will be greeted by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who have lived in the orbital laboratory since November of 2013.

Expedition 49/50 Astronaut Shane Kimbrough briefs the press on his extended mission to the International Space Station in the Marshall Space Flight Center Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC).

Expedition 33 crew members Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide at the SSRMS Track and Capture training station in the SES Dome. Photo Date: January 13, 2012. Location: Building 16, SES Dome.

Participants from the Royal Canadian Air Force monitor, analyze and report a satellite close conjunction in low earth orbit during day six of Global Sentinel 2022 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Aug 1, 2022. Day sixs events honed in on space surveillance and tracking capabilities with an emphasis on communication between space allies. Global Sentinel scenarios provide a platform for U.S. and allied partners to build partnerships and exchange ideas for operations in the space domain.

Date: 07-16-13Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1Subject: Expedition 36 ISS flight controllers on console during EVA #23 with Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano.

S65-59931 (4 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Alan Bean (right), spacecraft communicator for the Gemini-7 mission, joins other personnel (including H.K. Fritz Widick in dark jacket running launch operations) in the Blockhouse at Launch Complex 19 during the launch of the Gemini-7 spacecraft at 2 30 p.m. (EST), Dec. 4, 1965. Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot, and James A. Lovell Jr., pilot, are the crew members for the planned 14-day mission in space.

NASA Headquarters Public Affairs Officer Steve Cole, standing, moderates a Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) briefing with (from left), Betsy Edwards, OCO-2 program executive with the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Ralph Basilio, OCO-2 project manager with NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, Mike Gunson, OCO-2 project scientist with JPL, and Annmarie Eldering, OCO-2 deputy project scientist JPL, , Thursday, June 12, 2014, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. OCO-2, NASAs first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, is set for a July 1, 2014 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Its mission is to measure the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earths climate.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts John Glenn, left, and Scott Carpenter sit in front of the plot board from the Mercury control center on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The astronauts, part of the original class of seven astronauts chosen by NASA, were taking part in a question-and-answer session with the media as part of events celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's Mercury mission MA-6, on Feb. 20, 1962.Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

Reportage on the observatory accredited by the French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry to provide surveillance and information on air quality in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area of France. A map showing the problem of the Arve valley, particularly in Passy, where thermal inversion phenomena have been observed due to wood heating.

A live view of the International Space Station, as seen by cameras onboard the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft with Expedition 55-56 crewmembers Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA, is seen on screens at the Moscow Mission Control Center as the spacecraft approaches for docking, Friday, March 23, 2018 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft carrying Artemyev, Feustel, and Arnold docked at 3:40 p.m. Eastern time (10:40 p.m. Moscow time) and joined Expedition 55 Commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA's Airborne Spectralphotometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) aircraft. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

The Cassini Mission Ace console is seen inside the Space Flight Operations Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 in Pasadena, California. Since its arrival in 2004, the Cassini-Huygens mission has been a discovery machine, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Saturn system and captivating us with data and images never before obtained with such detail and clarity. On Sept. 15, 2017, operators will deliberately plunge the spacecraft into Saturn, as Cassini gathered science until the end. The plunge” ensures Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration. During Cassini’s final days, mission team members from all around the world gathered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, to celebrate the achievements of this historic mission.

Sean Kenny and teams at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Demo-2 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center, HOSC.

A researcher with the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment works aboard the NASA DC-8 during a flight over the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. GRIP is a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that is being conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes.

A staff Weather Observer, checks the temperature and other meteorological instruments on the summit of Mt. Washington.

A view of the International Space Station is seen from the Soyuz TMA-12M on the screen of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia as the spacecraft docks to the Poisk module, Friday, March 28, 2014. The Soyuz TMA-12M with Expedition 39/40 crew members, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days earlier. The Soyuz crew members will be greeted by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA, who have lived in the orbital laboratory since November of 2013.

The Equiaxed Dendritic Solidification Experiment (EDSE) is a material sciences investigation under the Formation of Microstructures/pattern formation discipline. The objective is to study the microstructural evolution of and thermal interactions between several quiaxed crystals growing dendritically in a supercooled melt of a pure and transparent substance under diffusion controlled conditions. George Myers, controls engineer, monitors the thermal environment of a ground test for the EDSE located in the Microgravity Development Laboratory (MDL).

iss059e021406 (April 16, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Christina Koch is inside the cupola practicing Canadarm2 robotics maneuvers and Cygnus spacecraft capture techniques.

Virtual Environment Telepresence workstation, simulated Mars Exploration shows Lewis Hitchner with virtual helmet and EXOS Dexterous interface (virtual hand)

Reportage on the observatory accredited by the French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry to provide surveillance and information on air quality in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area of France. A map showing concentration of nitrogen dioxide.

JSC2001-E-25411 (17 August 2001) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, ISS spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), inputs data into her computer at her console in the station flight control room (BFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) during the STS-105 mission.

MERCURY MISSION CONTROL EXHIBIT AT DEBUS CENTER

Spaceward Bound Program in Atacama Desert; shown here is a realtime webcast from Yungay, Chile vis satellite involving NASA Scientists and seven NASA Explorer school teachers. On the Ames end we find the Girl Scouts Space cookines robotic team. The robot nicknamed Zoe is looking for life in extreme environments in preparation for what might be encounter on Mars. see full text on the NASA-Ames News - Research # 04-91AR

Joint Information Center (JIC), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Radiation Control Center (RADCC) members prepare for the launch of NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on July 30, 2020, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JIC members include representatives on the local, regional and national level. Mars 2020 launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 7:50 a.m. EDT. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

MERCURY MISSION CONTROL EXHIBIT AT DEBUS CENTER

USA, California, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, mission display showing time from launch

JSC2001-00308 (February 2001) --- These forty-plus flight controllers support the International Space Station (ISS) 5a mission's orbit 2 shift from various consoles in the station flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC).

Bruce Banerdt, InSight Principal Investigator, NASA JPL, talks about Mars InSight during a pre-landing briefing, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. InSight is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet at approximately noon PST (3 p.m. EST) on Nov. 26.

PHOTO DATE: 09-25-09LOCATION: Bldg 9, VR LabSUBJECT: STS-131 crew during VR LAB MSS/EVAB SUPT3 TEAM 91016 training

S73-31570 (July 1973) --- Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC), building 30, at Johnson Space Center during the Skylab 3 flyaround inspection of the Skylab Earth-orbiting cluster.

Dr. Summer Ohlendorf, the National Tsunami Warning Center science officer, explains to participants of Alaskan Commands exercise Arctic Resolve 2022 the types of data the NTWC records and how it is used to alert locations across multiple regions at the NTWC, Aug. 31, 2022. Personnel from organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 10, and the Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management participated in exercise Arctic Resolve 2022 and discussed protocol for their respective operations to better understand each organization's responses to natural disasters.

JSC2007-E-053901 (23 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Lee J. Archambault, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Discovery's scheduled STS-120 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:38 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 23, 2007 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

Mars InSight team members all react after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 inside the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory monitoring the DART spacecrafts impact into the asteroid Dimorphos. The operation is the first of its kind test to redirect deadly asteroids from hitting Earth.

The International Space Station (ISS) Payload Operations Center (POC) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, is the world's primary science command post for the (ISS), the most ambitious space research facility in human history. The Payload Operations team is responsible for managing all science research experiments aboard the Station. The center is also home for coordination of the mission-plarning work of variety of international sources, all science payload deliveries and retrieval, and payload training and safety programs for the Station crew and all ground personnel. Within the POC, critical payload information from the ISS is displayed on a dedicated workstation, reading both S-band (low data rate) and Ku-band (high data rate) signals from a variety of experiments and procedures operated by the ISS crew and their colleagues on Earth. The POC is the focal point for incorporating research and experiment requirements from all international partners int

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory monitoring the DART spacecrafts impact into the asteroid Dimorphos. The operation is the first of its kind test to redirect deadly asteroids from hitting Earth.

Academy Award®- winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio visited NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on Saturday, April 23, 2016. During his visit, Mr. DiCaprio interviewed Dr. Piers Sellers, an Earth scientist, former astronaut and current deputy director of Goddards Sciences and Exploration Directorate. The two discussed the different missions NASA has underway to study changes in the Earths atmosphere, water and land masses for a climate change documentary that Mr. DiCaprio has in production. Using a wall-size, high-definition display system that shows visual representations based on actual science data, Mr. DiCaprio and Dr. Sellers discussed data results from NASAs fleet of satellites in Earths orbit. During his visit, Mr. DiCaprio also visited the facility holding NASAs James Webb Space Telescope that is being developed as a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. The telescope will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket fr

Reid Ruggles and teams at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center help monitor launch conditions for the Demo-2 mission from the Huntsville Operations Support Center, HOSC.

Mars InSight team members share good-luck peanuts as they monitor the status of the lander prior to it touching down on Mars, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 inside the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core.

Close-up of a computer monitor displaying the results of a CAT scan.

Meteorologist looking at weather maps from satellite data on computer screens at the National Weather Service in Boise, Idaho.

Jody Singer, left, Marshall deputy director, and Bobby Watkins, director of Marshall's Human Exploration and Development Operations Office visit the POIC April 24 as new procedures increasing the efficiency of the facility were introduced in anticipation of doubling the science performed in orbit.

Spitzer Project Manager Joseph Hunt stands in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 30, 2020, declaring the spacecraft decommissioned and the Spitzer mission concluded.

Reportage on the observatory accredited by the French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Ministry to provide surveillance and information on air quality in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area of France. A map showing concentration of ozone levels according to altitude.

Expedition 63 Orbit 2 Flight Director Zebulon Scoville during SpaceX DM-2 launch in FCR-1.

JSC2001-E-23194 (26 July 2001) --- A close-up image of astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., Expedition Three commander, shows on a nearby television monitor during a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC). The entire Expedition Three crew can be seen in the background, along with moderator Kyle Herring (right). The station crew members were later joined by the STS-105 crew on the dais. All seven men are to be launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on August 9.

Photo Date: 02-04-2010Location: Bldg. 30, WFCRSubject: STS-130 / 20A Flight Directors

Artemis I Launch Simulation. Launch team members for the Artemis I mission practice a launch simulation for the Artemis I mission inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 27, 2022. Artemis I will be the first integrated test of NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by launching Orion atop the SLS rocket, operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orions heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown. During the flight, Orion will launch atop the most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any human-rated spacecraft has ever flown, paving the way for human deep space exploration and demonstrating our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond.

S65-30263 (3 June 1965) --- Shown at their consoles during the liftoff of Gemini-4 (from left) are astronauts Clifford C. Williams Jr., Frank Borman and Alan B. Shepard Jr. Borman was command pilot of the backup crew for the Gemini-4 flight. The three astronauts monitored the flight from the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy.

Global Sentinel 2022 participants from the French Space Command monitor and track a simulated satellite in close proximity to the International Space Station during day four of Global Sentinel events at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., July 28, 2022. Day four focused on geosynchronous orbit rendezvous proximity operations and supports the tenets of responsible behavior in space as part of on-going spaceflight safety scenarios. Computer based situations during GS22 strengthen partnerships with other space-faring nations to promote cooperation and safe, secure space operations.

NASA Earth & Space Air Prize Demonstration Event

STS-131 crew training during deorbit prep training-Commander Alan Poindexter. Photo Date: September 11, 2009. Location: Building 5south, Fixed Base Trainer.

PHOTO DATE: 22 March 2009 - 3:30pmLOCATION: Bldg. 30, FCR-1SUBJECT: Team photo of ISS 15A Flight Control Team - Orbit 2 - Flight Director Heather Rarick

In January 2020, members of the Cold Atom Lab operations team assisted remotely in a hardware upgrade to Cold Atom Lab while the facility was still aboard the International Space Station.

NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) command team at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory monitoring the DART spacecrafts impact into the asteroid Dimorphos. The operation is the first of its kind test to redirect deadly asteroids from hitting Earth.

New renovated NASA Ames Research Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel view of test section with LB-435 model installed

Here we are with Fire Meteorologist Timothy Mathewson, who was monitoring the weather and predicting the upcoming fire season in the Rocky Mountain Area.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

PHOTO DATE: 02-28-11LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south SUBJECT: STS-133/ULF5 Flight Controllers on Console - Shuttle Orbit 1

A monitor in the NWS Sacramento Weather Forecast Office depicts weather features affecting California. N-IMAT West and others toured the office, along with a visit to the NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center and the State-Federal Flood Operations Center managed by the CA Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) and based in Sacramento.. A monitor in the NWS Sacramento Weather Forecast Office depicts weather features affecting California. N-IMAT West and others toured the office, along with a visit to the NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center and the State-Federal Flood Operations Center managed by the CA Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) and based in Sacramento.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Joint Information Center (JIC), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Radiation Control Center (RADCC) members prepare for the launch of NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on July 30, 2020, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JIC members include representatives on the local, regional and national level. Mars 2020 launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 7:50 a.m. EDT. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

Ian Clark walks past mission countdown clocks in the Perseverance offices at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The Lab instituted a suite of safe@work procedures based on the guidance of occupational safety medical personnel to ensure those working at JPL are social distancing, wearing protective equipment and have ready access to hand sanitizer and other cleaning supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Clark is one of a small subset of project personnel whose mission-essential job required physical access to the facility. He was on-Lab to supervise the assembly and cleaning of the sample tubes that will hold Martian sediment and rock for return to Earth on a future mission.

S69-40022 (24 July 1969) --- Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Building 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

A Mars 2020 Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing is held at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2020. Participating in the briefing from left, are Tammy Long, moderator, NASA Communications, and Jeff Sheehy, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch July 30, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Hyeon-Hye Kim, a plant physiologist with the National Research Council at the Space Life Sciences Lab, discusses the growing of plants utilizing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during a tour of the Space Life Sciences Lab for members of the news media. A major challenge to growing plants in space will be controlling and supplying sufficient quantity and quality of light. LEDs represent an innovative artificial lighting source with several features specific for supporting plants, whether on space-based transit vehicles or planetary life support systems.

A live view of the International Space Station, as seen by cameras onboard the spacecraft with Expedition 56-57 crewmembers Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) is seen on screens at the Moscow Mission Control Center as the spacecraft approaches for docking, Friday, June 8, 2018 in Korolev, Russia. The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft carrying Auñón-Chancellor, Prokopyev, and Gerst docked at 9:01am EDT (4:01pm Moscow time) to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station to join Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA and flight engineers Ricky Arnold of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos.

S74-19160 (8 Feb. 1974) --- An overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Counter following the successful splashdown of the Skylab 4 command module in the Pacific Ocean. The three flight controllers in the foreground, left to right, are flight director Neil B. Hutchinson; flight director Donald R. Puddy; and astronaut Robert L. Crippen, a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM). Astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson and William R. Pogue had just completed an 84-day mission with the Skylab space station in Earth orbit.

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