Friday, December 15, 2006

Flight Controller Extraordinaire

STS-116/ISS 12A.1 is on Flight Day 7. The original plan was to undock the space shuttle from the space station on Monday, but considering some problems that have come up, there is talk of adding an additional docked day and space walk.
Here is a picture of Molly from a few days ago in Mission Control. Her OJT (On the Job Training) is Cory. Molly's shift is from 5am to 2pm... so, I've been getting into work a few hours before everyone else! You would be amazed how much more productive you can be between 5 and 7 am! Below is a screenshot I took from the NASA channel. Molly is in the front on the left. You can see the troublesome Solar Array on the left screen. If I haven't mentioned it before, or if you are curious as to what Molly does in Mission Control, here is the Wikipedia entry for her position, ADCO. My position isn't listed in Wikipedia, but we're mentioned in this article by James Oberg.

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