Night Shift

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A Night Shift is a shift held by Mission Control staff, Simulators, or astronauts during the mission. Night Shifts are purely voluntary and take place between 2000 and 0800 hours.

Pre-2009

Prior to 2008-09, night shifts as such did not exist. The mission was put on stand-by from 2000 to 0800 to allow astronauts time to recuperate and complete homework that hadn't been completed during their assigned homework timeslot. However, if a beta disaster were to occur, such as module decompression or loss of power during the off-hours, or continue into the off-hours, the astronauts and any Mission Controllers present would be Golden-Rule bound to respond.

Post-2009

On Mission Daedalus, the members with the most night shifts were: