{"id":290630,"date":"2023-04-14T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=290630"},"modified":"2023-09-19T13:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:37:03","slug":"rocco-a-petrone-launch-control-center","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/exploration-ground-systems\/rocco-a-petrone-launch-control-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Exploration Ground Systems<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container 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Liftoff of the agency\u2019s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B was at 1:47 a.m. EST. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion\u2019s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems\u202f(EGS) is responsible for operating, monitoring, and coordinating the ground equipment for launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, and the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center (LCC) is a vital part of EGS’s infrastructure needed to support the Artemis missions.\u202fThe LCC\u202fcomprises a suite of complex software linking the launch team operators inside Firing Room 1\u202fat NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft in processing areas such as the Vehicle Assembly Building, mobile launcher, and at Launch Complex 39B. It also allows controllers at Kennedy to communicate with astronauts inside Orion, controllers at the Air Force Eastern Range, and other NASA control centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LCC uses new processing and launch software called the Launch Control System (LCS). The LCS offers\u202fsignificant improvement over previous processing and launch software in that it gives\u202fcontrollers unprecedented insight into vehicle and systems testing throughout the processing of the SLS and Orion. It also\u202foffers precise control over operations at the launch pad during the countdown and liftoff of the largest rocket ever built, along with the first spacecraft since Apollo designed to carry astronauts into deep space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LCC was built in 1967 in support of NASA’s Apollo Program. Following this, it supported the Space Shuttle Program, and it has now been updated and renovated in support of NASA’s Artemis missions.\u202fTechnicians have installed\u202fnew materials throughout the building during the refurbishment, but some of the most dramatic modernization has taken place in the Young-Crippen Firing Room, previously known as Firing Room 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young-Crippen Firing Room (Firing Room 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firing rooms are the heart of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy. All the activities involved with preparing rockets, spacecraft, and payloads for space can be controlled by engineers sitting at computer terminals in the firing rooms. Likewise, all activities at the launch pads can be run from a firing room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New exploration systems, including NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket, do not require as many controllers as the shuttle. Instead, advances in computer and software systems allow greater situational awareness by the launch controllers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Young-Crippen Firing Room oversaw launches ranging from the first Apollo missions to the first space shuttle mission. It\u202fwas last used for the liftoff of Artemis I\u202f\u2014 the first integrated flight of SLS\u202fand Orion \u2014on Nov. 16, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Firing Rooms 2, 3, and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firing Rooms 2 and 3 have also undergone modifications, including removing computer terminals that were installed in the 1970s. Both control rooms were used as the primary control rooms throughout the Apollo and shuttle programs and were used by controllers to track the myriad systems during countdowns. When the LCC was first built, Firing Room 4 was used as a large conference room, but in 2006, it underwent extensive remodeling\u202fand was used for processing and to launch the final shuttle missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new concept for the firing rooms extends to the way individual workstations are configured and used. Previously, a console was connected to an exclusive set of hardware and software, tailoring it for a single use. 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