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Shuttle-Mir Background - Mission Control Center - Moscow

During Shuttle-Mir, the Russian Space Agency (RSA) had three control rooms in a single complex in Kaliningrad. MCC-M could process data from up to ten spacecraft, although each control room was dedicated to a single program: one to Mir; one to Soyuz; and one to the Russian "space shuttle," Buran.

Flight control people were organized into teams, similar to NASA's system at MCC-Houston:

• The Flight Director provided policy guidance and communicated with the mission management team.
• The Flight Shift Director was responsible for real-time decisions, within a set of flight rules.
• The Mission Deputy Shift Manager (MDSM) for the MCC was responsible for the control room's consoles, computers and peripherals.
• The MDSM for Ground Control was responsible for communications.
• The MDSM for Crew Training was similar to NASA's "cap com," or capsule communicator. This person generally had served as the Mir crew's lead trainer.

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