Difference between revisions of "Mission Control LOGS"

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Mission Control LOGS or MC LOGS, and just LOGS when in Mission Control is a mission mobilization leadership position within Mission Control.

Duties

Recording

LOGS must record, with timestamp, all interesting occurances during the mission including:

• Launch
• Engine Burn
• Docking
• Depressurization
• Permissions given by Mission Control
• Requests from the Habitat
• Shift change outside of normal procedure

Because there is often a chatlog from AUXCOM, LOGS is not required to contain all the details of the current situation, and should be considered a minute by minute summary.

Shifts

It is the responsibility of MC LOGS to remind the Flight Director at 20 minute intervals to verify that each station in Mission Control is manned by an appropriate staff member, and that all stations report green.

It is the responsibility of MC LOGS to remind the Flight Director at 30 minute intervals to verify that all stations in the Habitat are manned by an appropriate Astronaut. In addition, during this check, each piece of software should be tested to ensure that Mission Control is receiving the correct telemetry from the Habitat.

Best Practices

At the start of a new day on Earth, the log should read

End   of DAY X
Start of DAY Y

Timestamps should be in HHMM corresponding to a 24-hour clock. This means that 8:32 pm would be logged as 2032.

Following the timestamp should be a space, dash, and space.

The Logger should identify himself upon taking over logs and upon ceding logs to the next logger.

Record the launch and landing times as exactly as possible, to the second.

Start the log entry with the person who is performing the action and not the person who is receiving. I.e. if the Habitat asks for permission, the log entry starts with "Habitat asks," and if MC grants it, that entry starts with "MC grants" and not "Habitat is granted"

Example Log

Start of DAY 1
...
1230 - Ms. Alice on MC LOGS
1232 - Habitat requests permission to Launch
1233 - MC grants permission to Launch
1235 - SRBs engaged
1237 - SRBs disengaged
1238 - Astronauts report loud impacts on C&C roof
1240 - ENG reports RAD shields malfunctioning
1241 - EECOM reports decompression in C&C
1243 - Internal radiation at 4.23E-09 S/s
1244 - Astronauts evacuated to Interlock
1246 - CAPCOM reports loss of communication
...
1313 - Ms. Alice cedes MC LOGS
1314 - Mr. Bob on MC LOGS