| NASA - 95-039.DOC The nasa.gov site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser. For instructions, > Centers > > > > Rob Navias May 30, 1995 RELEASE: 95-039 FLIGHT CONTROL OF STS-70 Though their tools will be updated, NASA flight controllers will carry many of the traditions and procedures from 30 years of experience to a new Mission Control Center as portions of the STS-70 mission, the 21st flight of Discovery, are controlled for the first time from that facility. As in the past, the responsibility for Shuttle operations will revert to Houston once Discovery's two solid rocket boosters ignite. Mission support in the control centers will begin 5 hours prior to launch and continue through landing. The STS-70 ascent, deployment of the NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and entry operations will be conducted from the old Flight Control Room. After the completion of the TDRS deploy, however, the flight control team will move to the new MCC in Bldg. 30 at the Johnson Space Center for the remaining on-orbit operations. The new MCC's design offers an unprecedented flexibility in flight control operations, allowing the facility to be changed from controlling a Space Shuttle to controlling any other spacecraft with almost the speed of simply choosing a different function from a computer menu. The commercially available equipment and up-to-date technology used in the new MCC will greatly reduce mainten...
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