Makers at Mission Control
Meet the elite NASA team that figures out how to fix the space station when things go wrong.
WHEN IT’S HOUSTON’S PROBLEM: Pam Martin sits on console in Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where she and other flight controllers guide astronauts through routine and emergency maintenance onboard the International Space Station.
Photograph by Thomas F. Murray
Imagine trying to walk someone through the steps of changing the brakes on their car — over the phone. Now, imagine they’re in outer space.
For Pam Martin and her colleagues at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, this is just another day ...
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