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Rendezvous Part 5 – Terminal Phase Initiation

December 14, 2020 paulfdye

In my book Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, I bring readers deep into the…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Mission Control, shuttle flight director, terminal phase initiation

Rendezvous Part 4 – The Early Trajectory

December 10, 2020 paulfdye

In my book Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, I bring readers deep into the…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Mission Control, rendezvous, Space Shuttle, Trajectory

Rendezvous Part 2 – What’s an Orbit?

November 16, 2020 paulfdye

In my book Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, I bring readers deep into the…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Director, Mission Control, Orbit, rendezvous, Space Shuttle

New Interview by BBC’s Sky at Night

November 7, 2020 paulfdye 1 Comment

Thanks, Sky at Night, for a nice interview.https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/paul-dye-space-shuttle-flight-director-interview/

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Director, Mission Control, Shuttle Houston, Space Shuttle

Reviews for Shuttle, Houston: Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control

July 13, 2020 paulfdye

Ironflight’s new book from Hatchett Book Group, Shuttle, Houston: Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control, released in July…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Mission Control, Shuttle, Shuttle Flight control center, Space Shuttle

A Badge on the Table Moment

October 17, 2018 paulfdye

With a cable outage plaguing our neighborhood the other night, I decided to throw in a DVD and watch The…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Director, Mission Control, NASA, Operational leadership

Last Shift

May 8, 2018 paulfdye 1 Comment

The last Space Shuttle shift for the Iron Team was the night before entry of STS-135. The crew would wake…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Director, Mission Control, NASA, Shuttle Flight control center, Space Shuttle, STS-135

The Good Old Days

April 27, 2018 paulfdye 1 Comment

I was rummaging through my computer’s hard drive the other day, looking for photos to illustrate a talk I’m working…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Flight Director, John Shannon, Mission Control, Norm Knight, Shuttle Flight control center, STS-135

Digital Apollo – Thoughts on Automation

March 24, 2018 paulfdye 2 Comments

I just finished reading a fascinating book that I learned of during a telephone interview with a PhD candidate in…

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Posted in: NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Apollo, David A. Mindell, Draper Labs, fly-by-wire, man/machine interface, Mission Control, MIT, NASA, Space Shuttle

Editor’s Log: You don’t have to go

November 28, 2017 paulfdye 1 Comment

On November 14, 1969, humankind’s second journey to land on the moon lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on…

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Posted in: KITPLANES and General Aviation, NASA Shuttle Flight Director Memories Filed under: Apollo 12, Decision making, Flight Controller, Flight Director, Go-No Go, Mission Control, Operational leadership, Preparedness, Weather

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