How many people work in the control room?
ANSWER from Michael P. Moses on January 27, 2000: During a shuttle mission there are about 50 people supporting flight operations in the Mission Control Center. The room you see on TV is called the Flight Control Room (FCR) – it houses about 20 flight controllers representing each of the shuttle systems, plus the Flight Director and the CAPCOM. There are about 20-30 other people supporting those that you see on camera. There is also an engineering support room that has anywhere from 10 to 20 people. We keep up that manning 24 hours a day while the shuttle is in orbit. To do that we assign 3 teams that work about 9 hours each shift. Return to top.
