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mercury control center wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 configuration 2 tracking and ground facilities 3 location 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents mercury control center 2 languages français slovenčina edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 28 27 47 n 80 34 57 w 28 463082 n 80 582562 w 28 463082 80 582562 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia former spacecraft control center at cape canaveral florida 28 27 47 n 80 34 57 w 28 463082 n 80 582562 w 28 463082 80 582562 mercury control center during a simulation of the mercury atlas 8 sigma 7 flight in 1962 fellow mercury astronaut alan shepard watches launch at the capcom console in mercury control during gus grissom s july 21 1961 mercury redstone 4 liberty bell 7 flight the mercury control center also known as building 1385 or simply mcc was the facility responsible for control and coordination of nasa s project mercury flight operations as well as the first three project gemini missions the first two uncrewed it was located at cape canaveral space force station east of samuel c phillips parkway the facility was expanded in 1963 by contractor pan american world airways to support project gemini adding meeting space data analysis areas and a gemini spacecraft trainer 1 as mission requirements grew more complex during gemini and the apollo program flight control operations were transferred to the christopher c kraft jr mission control center in houston texas the mcc remained in use for training and meetings and was opened to public tours on june 1 1967 continuing in that role through the mid 1990s configuration edit mcc layout the mcc was organized into three rows and was smaller and simpler than subsequent control centers it needed only to support a mission of no more than 36 hours with a spacecraft less complex than those used on future missions positions included those for monitoring the spacecraft and astronauts during flight as well as positions for supporting the launch and recovery of the capsule the mcc also featured a large backlit status map for display of the capsule position unlike later mission control centers which featured computer generated graphics this mercury era display operated with a physical two dimensional representation of the capsule suspended and lit in front of the map more modern mission control centers were split between launch control which is located at the launch site such as cape canaveral and mission control which is located at the lyndon b johnson space center for the apollo and space shuttle programs or at the jet propulsion laboratory for unmanned missions 2 tracking and ground facilities edit mercury tracking stations though the mcc provided command and control it was not the only facility involved in supporting mercury or gemini flights the computing and communications center was located at the goddard space flight center in greenbelt maryland and provided computing power for missions to minimize the time that the spacecraft was out of communications range with the ground additional ground stations were established at us military facilities tracking ships and in cooperation with the governments of spain united kingdom nigeria and australia 3 cape canaveral cnv mcc grand bahama island gbi grand turk island gti bermuda bda atlantic ship ats maspalomas station grand canary island cyi kano nigeria kno zanzibar zzb indian ocean ship ios muchea australia muc woomera australia wom canton island kiribati ctn kauaʻi hawaii haw point arguello california cal guaymas mexico gym white sands new mexico whs corpus christi texas tex eglin air force base egl location edit the building was erected between 1956 and 1958 and was used throughout project mercury 1961 1963 and for project gemini through gemini 3 1964 1965 though the building was listed on the national register of historic places on april 16 1984 as a contributing property to cape canaveral air force station asbestos removal other repairs and restoring the center to its original state would have cost 6 million the decision was made to preserve the consoles and other equipment and destroy the building 4 5 in 1999 consoles displays and other equipment were moved to the kennedy space center visitor complex to a recreation of the mcc inside the kurt debus center consoles and displays were reassembled and many are powered on 6 2 mcc consoles and displays in the debus center recreated mcc flight control room on exhibit at the kennedy space center visitors complex rear view of status map building floor plan john glenn in front of mercury control renamed mission control center references edit mercury mission control 1962 63 addition nasa 1 2 deming joan inventory of historic artifacts from the mission control center cape canaveral air force station brevard county florida pdf archaeological consultants inc mercury project summary nasa sp 45 nasa s first mission control demolished collect space mission control center nasa state of florida mercury control center room nasa edge may 17 2013 file cape canaveral air force station mission control center haer fl 8 av pdf extensive report on mcc external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to mercury control center nasa ksc documentary videos on the mercury mission control center photos of original building and recreation of the flight control area mcc gallery documentary of mcc v t e project mercury general nasa space task group space race space flight mercury program capsule missions crewed suborbit freedom 7 liberty bell 7 earth orbit friendship 7 aurora 7 sigma 7 faith 7 cancelled freedom 7 ii uncrewed little joe 1 big joe 1 lj 6 lj 1a lj 2 lj 1b beach abort ma 1 little joe 5 mr 1 mr 1a mr 2 ma 2 lj 5a mr bd ma 3 lj 5b ma 4 ms 1 ma 5 flown non human sam miss sam suborbit ham earth orbit enos astronauts general mercury seven in order of flight suborbit alan shepard gus grissom earth orbit john glenn scott carpenter wally schirra gordon cooper did not fly deke slayton equipment navy mark iv space suit subprograms mercury atlas mercury redstone mercury scout mercury jupiter canceled contractors mcdonnell aircraft corporation spacecraft convair atlas rocket chrysler redstone rocket north american aviation little joe rocket rockets atlas redstone redstone test stand blue scout ii little joe jupiter proposed launch sites and control center wallops island wallops flight facility cape canaveral air force station launch complex 5 cape canaveral air force station launch complex 14 mercury control center related programs us gemini successor program apollo lunar program soviet vostok rival in space race related manned space flight network mercury spacesuit astronaut wives club mercury 13 non nasa project inspired by project mercury v t e nasa policy and history history creation naca 1915 national aeronautics and space act 1958 space task group 1958 paine 1986 rogers 1986 ride 1987 space exploration initiative 1989 augustine 1990 u s national space policy 1996 cfusai 2002 caib 2003 vision for space exploration 2004 aldridge 2004 augustine 2009 general space race administrator and deputy administrator chief scientist astronaut corps ranks and positions chief budget nasa research spinoff technologies nasa nasa tv nasa social launch services program mercury 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