A view of the Network Operations Control Center (NOCC). This control center manages the Deep Space Network (DSN) who's antenna's are located in Barstow, Madrid and Canberra. This network communicates with and controls all spacecraft (and rovers) beyond low earth orbit.
Visual description:
A dark room with curved rows of computer workstations lit up in blue and red lights. A sign for Curiosity mission control can be seen on one of the workstations. There are also large video screens on the left and a glassed in second story observation deck on the right.
It's a Unix System!
A view of the Cassini Mission Control workstation in the Network Operations Control Center. Several monitors and keyboards line the workspace. Each with a Unix desktop on screen.
A view of the Network Operations Control Center (NOCC). This control center manages the Deep Space Network (DSN) who's antenna's are located in Barstow, Madrid and Canberra. This network communicates with and controls all spacecraft (and rovers) beyond low earth orbit.
Visual description:
A dark room with curved rows of computer workstations lit up in blue and red lights. There are also large video screens along the wall in the background. One of the video screens has the text "Deep Space Network NASA Social #DSN50" next to a large satellite dish antenna. Other screens display output and telemetry visualizations from the network.
The mission control room at the Network Operations Control Center. Famously where the engineers for the Curiosity Rover were seen reading out telemetry data as the rover landed on Mars and celebrating when it succeeded.
Visual Description:
A slightly brighter room with straight rows of works stations extending out from the viewer. A group of people can be seen in the distance giving a speech. In the distance large video screens can be seen showing the antennas receiving data as well as pictures of large satellite dishes.
Throwback to the #DSN50 #NasaSocial celebration in 2014. Granted it's now #DSN60 😁
My name was drawn from a lottery for a spot to tour #JPL and the Goldstone Deep Space Network Array for it's 50th anniversary.
The first set of pictures are from the Network Operations Control Center.
#NASA #DSN
