Earth  ID: 10778

A Lifeline Home: Goddard's Final Shuttle Mission

Released on July 8, 2011
At the GSFC Network Integration Center, Goddard employees work to guarantee Shuttle Astronauts have continuous open lines of communication with Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center's Mission Control. The work done at the NIC also allows Mission Control to monitor the performance of thousands of systems on the Shuttle, send flight commands and relay science data. The NIC is staffed 24 hours a day during human space flight missions and has served as the critical communication hub for each of the 135 Shuttle missions.
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Controllers at Goddard's Network Integration Center share their thoughts as the 30-year-old Shuttle Program comes to an end with the final flight of STS-135.

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A behind the scenes look at the Network Integration Center at GSFC during the STS-135 Launch.

Credits

Rich Melnick (HTSI): Video Editor
Malissa Reyes (USRA): Producer
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Producer
Swarupa Nune (Vantage): Project Support
Michael McClare (HTSI): Videographer
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
Chris Smith (HTSI): Videographer
Malissa Reyes (USRA): Writer
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Narrated Movies

Goddard TV Tape:
G2011-080 -- A Lifeline Home: Goddard's Final Shuttle Mission

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Landing Site
SVS >> Shuttle
SVS >> Control Room
SVS >> Launch
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> NIC
SVS >> Network Integration Center
NASA Science >> Earth