Staffing the ISS Control Center: Lessons Learned from Long-Duration Human Space Flight

A Study of International Space Station Ground/Crew Communication Methods with Applications to Human Moon and Mars Missions

“…Ground control centers throughout the program have been evolving since the beginning of ISS, but the POC in Huntsville has probably changed the most due to changing program roles [Cissom et al, 2004] and the need to maintain around-the-clock staffing for many years on a tightly constrained budget [Olsen et al, 2006]. Just as ground operations have changed, so have crew operations evolved.…”