We began our day with our Mission to the International Space Station. Five of us were stationed in Mission Control. Four were stationed in the Atlantis shuttle and six teachers were in the International Space Station. As CAPCOM, my job was to participate in conversations and problem solving in the Mission Control room and communicate everything to the shuttle crew to be carried out. After last night's stressful run-through, I actually quickly got the hang of my job today (even if I didn't understand half of the instructions I was relaying. We were told that in real life, the CAPCOM job is usually held by a person who has either been through astronaut training and/or has been to space themselves. I could easily see why this would be handy because I would have a better idea about where the buttons, levers, and switches were that I was telling the commander and pilot to take care of. Nonetheless, it was cool to have all of the screens in front of me so that we could keep an eye on what every group was doing. There is also a simulator screen that shows what the shuttle is doing while it is happening (it is also showing actually what the crew is doing to affect the process.) We had a little fun at the end when the shuttle came in to land by telling the commander to barrel roll the shuttle. That didn't end so well when they crashed and we had to reset the mission back a few minutes to try again (but we all got a good laugh out of it!) We dealt with anomalies (issues)which required problem solving on our part beyond our normal script. And we got really good at saying things like "Roger" or "Copy that" or "That is a go." Every instruction I relayed started with, "Orbiter, this is CAPCOM, please..." It really is like doing a great big play where everyone has a part to play. I can't wait to share with my students about this experience working as a team to complete a mission!
What a long day! We started leaving the dorms for breakfast at 7:00am and didn't get back until almost 10:00pm. And the day started with a bang and ended with a bang! We began our day with our Mission to the International Space Station. Five of us were stationed in Mission Control. Four were stationed in the Atlantis shuttle and six teachers were in the International Space Station. As CAPCOM, my job was to participate in conversations and problem solving in the Mission Control room and communicate everything to the shuttle crew to be carried out. After last night's stressful run-through, I actually quickly got the hang of my job today (even if I didn't understand half of the instructions I was relaying. We were told that in real life, the CAPCOM job is usually held by a person who has either been through astronaut training and/or has been to space themselves. I could easily see why this would be handy because I would have a better idea about where the buttons, levers, and switches were that I was telling the commander and pilot to take care of. Nonetheless, it was cool to have all of the screens in front of me so that we could keep an eye on what every group was doing. There is also a simulator screen that shows what the shuttle is doing while it is happening (it is also showing actually what the crew is doing to affect the process.) We had a little fun at the end when the shuttle came in to land by telling the commander to barrel roll the shuttle. That didn't end so well when they crashed and we had to reset the mission back a few minutes to try again (but we all got a good laugh out of it!) We dealt with anomalies (issues)which required problem solving on our part beyond our normal script. And we got really good at saying things like "Roger" or "Copy that" or "That is a go." Every instruction I relayed started with, "Orbiter, this is CAPCOM, please..." It really is like doing a great big play where everyone has a part to play. I can't wait to share with my students about this experience working as a team to complete a mission! After our mission was complete and everyone was safely back on Earth, we headed over to learn how to make and actually make rockets - including spray painting. This task was followed by a trip to the IMAX movie, Journey to Space. We then had a couple of hours of free time to explore the rest of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Some of the girls from my team too the time to explore the grounds outside where there are more spacecraft. Then it was back to work preparing for our next mission to the moon. This time I was the pilot of the Orion capsule whose mission was to take a team of mission specialists to the moon to land a rover on the moon. Their task was to fix broken windows and other issues on the Rising Star (a station on the moon) and then replace mission specialists on the moon that needed to return to Earth. This scenario also had Mission Control stationed on the moon in the Shackleton Operations Control Room (SOCR.) The Commander Liam and I would be in charge of docking on the moon and transferring mission specialist and then return to Earth. Confusing enough?! Add to that the 5 different panels and 4 computer screens we were in charge of in order to make sure everything was done correctly on the ship. This was a run through for tomorrow's "real" mission. I have to admit that this mission seemed easier since we had already completed one so we might have gotten a little silly singing and playing a little Frank Sinatra "Fly Me to the Moon." And that all seems like enough for one day right? This is astronaut training so wrong! After dinner, we had a presentation on the current plans for NASA, international, and commercial space flights. And then the real fun of the day began... simulator training! We got to spin around and jump around to finish up the day. The jumping chair is meant to simulate 1/6 gravity just like on the moon. The spinning chair is worst-case scenario control practice for righting an out-of-control craft. Once we had expended the last of our energy we were finally allowed to collapse back in our dorm room!
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