{"id":320108,"date":"2023-05-11T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=320108"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:53:00","slug":"fod-who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/johnson\/nasa-flight-operations-directorate\/fod-who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"FOD Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johnson Space Center<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flight Operations Directorate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center touches every program and part of sending humans to space.  The people who serve this program work to train astronauts in a variety of facilities on land in spacecraft mockups, under water in NASA\u2019s enormous Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL), and in the air in T-38 jet aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s involved in a space station mission, or a mission to the moon, this team holds itself to the highest standard.  Vigilance, competence, and teamwork are just a few of the words used each day within the Flight Operations Directorate as the team carries out its duties in the pursuit of exploration in human spaceflight.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/foundations-fod-web-version.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to learn about the foundations of the Flight Operations Directorate.<br>\u203a <a href=\"\/johnson\/nasa-flight-operations-directorate\/\">Back to FOD Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br><strong>Flight Operations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Unite. Enable. Execute.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flight Operations - Unite. Enable. 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