Mission Control Center

When Mission Control Center ( MCC ; German Mission Control ) air traffic control centers that are manned and unmanned space designated.

The main task of a Mission Control Center is to exchange telemetry data with the respective spacecraft and to maintain audiovisual communication with the crew from take-off through the entire course of the mission to landing.

Several space agencies around the world maintain such control centers:

• Strategic Combat Support Force of the People's Republic of China - Xi'an Satellite Control Center (military and civil satellites) and Beijing Space Control Center (manned flights and deep space probes)
• CSA ( Canada ) - John H. Chapman Space Center in Longueuil
• DLR ( Germany ) - German Space Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen
• ESA ( Europe ) - European space flight control center in Darmstadt
• NASA ( USA ) - Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston
• Roscosmos ( Russia ) - control center in Korolev

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  ESA's European Space Control Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt

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  NASA's Mission Control Center for the ISS in Houston, Texas

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  Russian Roscosmos Control Center in Korolev

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  German Space Control Center (GSOC) of the DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen

Web links

Commons : Space exploration control rooms  - collection of images, videos and audio files