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>> Two, one, booster ignition.

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>> [ Music ]

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>> Gemini Four was the first
time that this center was in

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charge of the mission.

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That made a statement
at that time.

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It said okay, by golly
we're ready to go.

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>> I think the control center
would be the symbol of what we

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did in the human space program.

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It was our place where we came
in to execute the missions that

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we had planned.

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>> Mission Control is at
the heartbeat of any space

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operations program.

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>> It's a place full of giants,
and I will tell you why.

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The last man on the moon, Gene
Cernan, often referred to the

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men and women in Mission Control
and the people around Mission

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Control.

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>> We were riding and
standing on their shoulders.

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And they indeed are giants
in American history.

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>> One of the things that was
done very early was Gene Kranz

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brought the team together and
told everybody, "I want you to

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go back to your offices, I want
you on your black boards to put

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tough and competent.

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And I don't want you to
erase those two words."

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>> We're programming
our culture.

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And that's what our culture is.

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It's achievement
through excellence.

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It's leadership.

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It's teamwork.

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It's being part of a bigger team
and your contribution to that

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team.

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>> When we face challenges we
need to leverage the entire team

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in order to overcome
those challenges.

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>> You've got to maintain
vigilance throughout the entire

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time of doing this
very risky business.

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We've had three major
accidents in this business.

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Apollo One fire.

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We had the loss of Challenger.

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We had the loss of Columbia.

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You can't set
those things aside.

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But if you do set them aside for
a little bit and you think about

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all the other missions that
we have flown humans in space.

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There hasn't been a single
mission flown that there wasn't

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something that had to be done
differently during the mission.

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We've had to change plans.

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Some of them were major,
some were more minor.

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But in all cases the team on the
ground, in Mission Control and

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around Mission Control, and the
international partners when they

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were involved as well.

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Every time there was a problem
on these missions we have found

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a way to solve the problem
and complete the mission.

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>> Since the retirement of
shuttle, the completion of space

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station, we've transitioned into
a mode where our station is an

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operating outpost rather than
just being in maintenance mode.

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We're definitely utilized in
space station every day, every

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weekend even in many cases.

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>> The operations environment in
which we work is significantly

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different.

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When you're trying to maintain
a permanent human presence and a

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laboratory in space as opposed
to a vehicle that is launched

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into orbit to execute
a very short mission.

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>> Space station is a team.

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And you know, it's almost a
little more of a difficult team

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then what folks just in your
own home country are used to.

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Because on the station you've
got an international team.

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>> There are a number of
different Mission Control

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centers that must communicate
and work well together in order

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to support the
International Space Station.

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>> ESA, JAXA, Russia, Canada,
our science center in Marshall

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Space Flight Center, and
all providing input into MCC

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Houston.

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And the job, the core job of
Houston is obviously protecting

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the astronauts, protecting the
vehicle, achieving the mission

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objective.

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>> And as an astronaut it
makes you feel really good.

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Because you feel like someone
is looking at every little tiny

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number all the time.

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>> Whether it's the piece of
equipment, whether it's the crew

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inside or the tasks that are out
in front of them, are all being,

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all the details are being
thought, well some guy or gal is

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executing.

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>> So when you go to sleep at
night you should feel very safe

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and very secure that you are
being watched after all the

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time.

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>> Really bringing different
parts of NASA together.

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The science community and the
ops community together to go

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accomplish a huge mission.

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>> That's way out has
a lot of capability.

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>> Such that okay,
it's another platform.

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Again these small steps to
get you to your common goal.

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And that common goal
is getting to Mars.

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>> Going forward, Mission
Control is going to be crucial

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to any nature
exploration operation.

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>> Houston, Tranquility Base
here, the eagle has landed.

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>> Roger Tranquility.

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We copy you on the ground.

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We've got a bunch of
guys about to turn blue.