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Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
| Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Under the call sign 'Munich', the Columbus Control Centre will, from 2007, be responsible for systems on board the orbiting Columbus laboratory and for European science activities on board the ISS. The centre is already building operational expertise during ESA's Astrolab Mission.
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| | | | | Mission Control, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston
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| | | | | Network Equipment Room at the Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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| | | | | The European Astronaut Centre (EAC), located in Cologne, Germany, has provided training and medical support to ESA astronauts on the ground and during missions since 1990.
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| | | | | Three teams, with a total of 30 people, work at ATV-CC at CNES Toulouse facility, in 3 different control rooms separated by glass walls:
- In the centre of the photo, the Flight Control Team, in charge of the ATV operations during the first Joint Integrated Simulation which happened 31 July 2007. The main control room is dedicated to the ATV mission execution/management performed by the CNES flight control team, headed by the flight director.
- The ESA ATV Operations Management Team (OMT), in charge of the overall operations preparation and execution activities, and of decision making for off-nominal and emergencies situations (on the right side)
- The Engineering Support Team, providing flight analysis and expertise for the whole mission. (on the left side)
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