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A Mission Specialist with additional education-related duties. Position created in 2004 as part of the Educator Astronaut Project. International Mission Specialist A Mission Specialist with additional duties assigned by home agency. USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer: Technical experts who accompanied military payloads with mission-specific duties.
The Tablet position monitors crew usage of the tablet devices and provides assistance/advice to the crew as needed. Timeline The Timeline position assists the FAO in all aspects of preflight mission planning and coordination, and in real-time planning and replanning operations.
The FOD cannot overrule the flight director during a mission. The former mission operations directorate (MOD) position was renamed FOD when the flight crew operations directorate (FCOD) was merged back with MOD beginning in August 2014.
The Mission Control Center of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Центр управления полётами), also known by its acronym ЦУП ("TsUP") is located in Korolyov, near the RKK Energia plant. It contains an active control room for the ISS.
Mission Shuttle Duration Commander Pilot Mission specialists Payload specialists 1 April 12 1981 STS-1: Columbia: 2 d 6 h: Young: Crippen: 2 November 12 1981 STS-2: Columbia: 2 d 6 h Engle: Truly: 3 March 22 1982 STS-3: Columbia: 8 d 0 h Lousma: Fullerton: 4 June 27 1982 STS-4: Columbia: 7 d 1 h Mattingly: Hartsfield: 5 November 11 1982 STS-5 ...
Mission specialist (MS) is a term for a specific position held by astronauts who are tasked with conducting a range of scientific, medical, or engineering experiments during a spaceflight mission. These specialists were usually assigned to a specific field of expertise that was related to the goals of the particular mission they were assigned to.
The Deputy Director of the CIA (DDCIA) assists the director in his or her duties as head of the CIA and exercises the powers of the director when the director's position is vacant or in the director's absence or disability. Either the director or deputy director may be a military officer, but both positions may not be filled, at the same time ...
A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness status before a launch can proceed.