Inside the Command Center: How the ISS is Managed in Real Time
In short: Ever wondered what it takes to keep a laboratory orbiting the Earth? This interactive broadcast brings you behind the scenes of the International Space Station's flight control team.
During a NASA Digital Learning Network broadcast, Scientific Communications Analyst Amelia Rai joined 11th-grade students from the Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars program. The session provided a direct line to the experts managing one of humanity's greatest engineering feats.
The discussion covers the daily mechanics of the Houston mission control center, including how flight controllers, astronauts, and scientists coordinate to maintain the station. It explores the practicalities of living and working in space while highlighting the core STEM principles that make these missions possible.
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