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, COMMAND _.ND CO_MUNICATION INTERFACES }:OR MISSION CONTROL

Mission Control Center (.UCC) Manned Spacecraft Cehter, Houston, Texas.

Contains communication, computers, display and co,m_and systems go monitor and

•' control the space vehicle.

! Kennedil_Space Center z Florida (KSC), The space vehicle is assembled,

i checked-out, and launched from KSC. Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)

: collects powered flight data and data received flom Merritt Island Launch

i Area (MILA) and Ai___/rFo___rceEastern Test Ran__ (AFETR).

F Goddard Space Flight Center (CSFC). Greenbelt, Maryland operates the

I Manned Space Flight Network (MSFC) and NASA communications network. The MSFC

i is under control of MCC during flight.

I George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Huntsville, Alabama. Using

i I The Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) and the Launch I _ormation

_i Exchange Facility (LIEF), real-tlme support is provided to KSC and MCC for

! preflight, launch and flight operations.

i The Manned _ Fl_ght Network is a global network of r_nd stations

: ahi_, and aircraft designed to "_,Jpport manned and unmanned srace flight.

While selected ground stl.tlons throvghout the world monitors all phases

_I of flight aetlvity from liftoff to recover_/_, p_e-destlned ships and aircraft

are strategically situated to monitor "Insertion to Earth Parking Orbit",

"Translunar Injection" "Reentry and Recovery".

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