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MSS Operation Complex


MOC is the main facility for mission planning, equipment monitoring, and training.

It is have four different activities:


Space Operations Support Centre (SOSC)

The SOSC is designed to monitor and analyze MSS operations, provide crew and ground personnel training, logistics support, and real-time operations support.

The Centre is equipped with an operations control room, networking equipment, audio and video equipment, and software to support NASA in the operation and maintenance of the MSS.

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MSS Operations and Training System (MOTS)

The simulator is used for training mission specialists to operate the Mobile Servicing System (MSS), which includes familiarity with visual displays and computer equipment used on the Space Station.

It consists of class I and II crew stations, graphics supercomputers, instructor stations and operations stations.

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Virtual Operations Training Environment (VOTE)

VOTE VOTE is designed to provide astronaut and cosmonaut trainees immersion in a virtual reality environment, from which to observe SSRMS movement in three dimensions. This is useful for developing a 3-D mental model of the Space Station external environment to better judge clearances and distances between the arm and the ISS structure.

VOTE consists of a workstation with hand controllers, a stereoscopic head-mounted display (HMD) system, head-tracking and hand-tracking devices, navigation devices, and associated interface hardware and software.

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Canadian MSS Training Facility (CMTF)

MSS Training Canadian MSS training facility. The facility is used to train instructors, mission specialists for MSS robotics operations activities on the Space Station, and mission controllers for ground-based operations at the Mission Operations Complex.

This facility consists of computer based training workstations, instructor stations, courseware development workstations, video recorders, and TV projection equipment.

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Updated: 2001/05/11 Important Notices