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Views from our space operations and astronaut training institution
Below you will find a small selection of impressions from our institution.
Visitor bridge at the German Space Operations Center (GSOC)
From the visitor bridge, you can overlook the four large control rooms K1-K4. These are used for the operations of the European space laboratory Columbus and various satellite missions.
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DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Columbus Control Center
Looking into one of the control rooms for human spaceflight (K4) at the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) in Oberpfaffenhofen. The European space laboratory Columbus is managed here 24 hours a day.
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2/10,
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Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC)
Control room of the Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC) at the DLR site in Cologne - with a focus on life sciences and materials science in microgravity conditions
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10/10,
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