spacecraft ground control center
121European Space Operations Centre — The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is responsible for controlling ESA satellites and space probes. The centre is located in Darmstadt, Germany. It is Mission Control for most of the space projects of the ESA. ESOC also houses the Ground… …
122Eugene F. Kranz — Eugene Francis Gene Kranz (born 17 August, 1933) is a retired NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz served as a Flight Director, the successor to NASA founding Flight Director Chris Kraft, during the Gemini and Apollo programs, and is best… …
123STS-70 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 70 insignia = Sts 70 patch.png shuttle = Discovery launch pad = 39 B launch = July 13, 1995, 9:41:55.078 a.m. EDT landing = July 22, 1995, 8:02 a.m. EDT, KSC, Runway 33 duration = 8 days, 22 hours, 20… …
124Sergei Krikalyov — Infobox Astronaut name =Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalyov type =RKA Cosmonaut status =Active nationality =Russia date birth =August 27, 1958 place birth =Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia occupation =Mechanical Engineer selection =1985… …
125Two-way radio — receiver which only receives content. Two way radios are available in mobile, stationary base and hand held portable configurations. Hand held radios are often called walkie talkies or handie talkies. A push to talk or Press To Transmit button is …
126International Space Station maintenance — Since construction started, the International Space Station (ISS) programme has had to deal with several maintenance issues, unexpected problems and failures[citation needed]. These incidents have affected the assembly timeline, led to periods of …
127Scaled Composites Proteus — The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem wing high endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft as high altitude telecommunications relays. The Proteus is actually a multi mission vehicle, able to carry… …
128Desert — Not to be confused with dessert. This article is about dry terrain. For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support, see desertion. For other uses, see Desert (disambiguation) …
