Emergency, Environmental and Consumables Manager (call sign: EECOM) is a space flight control room position at NASA's Mission Control Center. The EECOM controller monitors cryogenic levels for fuel cells, avionics and cabin cooling systems, electrical distribution systems, cabin pressure control systems and vehicle lighting systems. NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Mission Control Center (MCC) is a unit that manages aerospace flights. ... Cryogenics is the study of very low temperatures or the production of the same, and is often confused with cryobiology, the study of the effect of low temperatures on organisms, or the study of cryopreservation. ... A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i. ... The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ...

Historically, the EECOM controller is responsible for monitoring and maintaining the spacecraft electrical and life-support systems. For the Space Shuttle Program, the EECOM is responsible for the life support and thermal systems, a breathable atmosphere and vehicle cooling. The complexity of the Space Shuttle created two new flight control positions, EGIL and MMACS which oversee the electrical and mechanical systems respectively, of which EECOM used to run. While many new flight controller positions have been created throughout the years, EECOM has been around since the beginning of manned spaceflight. The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... Maintenance, Mechanical, Arm And Crew Systems (call sign: MMACS, pronounced max, formerly known as RMU) is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ...

EECOM originally stood for Electrical, Environmental and COMmunication systems. The Apollo EECOM was responsible for the life support systems of the Command and Service Module (CSM), and also CSM communications through Apollo 10. Afterward the communication task was moved to a new console named INCO. Apollo Program insignia Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961–1972. ... This article is about life support systems for outer space or underwater. ... The Command/Service Module (CSM) was a spacecraft built for NASA by North American Aviation. ... Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the Apollo program, and the first (and only manned Saturn V) mission to launch from pad 39B. The mission included the second crew to orbit the Moon, and the test of the lunar module in lunar orbit. ...

Perhaps the most famous NASA EECOMs are Seymour "Sy" Liebergot, the EECOM on duty at the time of the oxygen tank explosion on Apollo 13 who was responsible for isolating the explosion's damage and for creating life-support solutions to bring the crew back to Earth alive, and John Aaron who is credited with discovering the fact that Apollo 12 capsule was struck by lightning shortly after liftoff and for giving the crew onboard a solution to their mechanical errors. Seymour Liebergot, in the blue shirt, in the former Mission Operations Control Room Seymour Sy Abraham Liebergot (born 15 February 1936 in Camden, New Jersey) was a NASA flight controller during Project Apollo. ... Apollo 13 was an American space mission, part of the Apollo program. ...  John W. Aaron is a former NASA engineer and mission controller during the Apollo program. ... Apollo 12 was the sixth manned mission in the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. ...

See also

• Flight Director
• Flight Dynamics Officer
• Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Systems Engineer
• Booster Systems Engineer
• Propulsion Engineer
• Electrical, Environmental, Consumables Manager
• Data Processing Systems Engineer
• Capsule communicator
• Maintenance, mechanical, arm and crew systems
• Instrumentation and Communications Officer
• Ground Controller
• Range Safety Officer

Chief of Flight Operations during a NASA space mission. ... Flight Dynamics Officer (FDO) is a term for a space flight support postion. ... Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Systems Engineer is a Flight Control Room position who monitors all vehicle guidance, navigation and control systems, notifies flight director and crew of impending abort situations, and advises crew regarding guidance hardware malfunctions. ... Booster Systems Engineer (Booster) is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... Propulsion Engineer (Prop) is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... Electrical, Environmental and Consumables Manager (call sign: EECOM) is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... Data Processing System Engineer (DPS), is a Flight Control Room Position responsible for data processing systems in a space flight, including any onboard general purpose computers. ... During much of the U.S. manned space program, NASA felt it was important for all communication with the astronauts in space to pass through a single individual in the Mission Control Center. ... Maintenance, Mechanical, Arm And Crew Systems (call sign: MMACS, pronounced max, formerly known as RMU) is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... Instrumentation and Communications Officer (call sign: INCO), is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... Ground Controller (call sign: GC), is a space flight control room position at NASAs Mission Control Center. ... In the field of rocketry, a Range Safety Officer has responsibility for the safe transportation, storage and launch of rocket vehicles. ...

External links

• Apollo EECOM : Journey of a Lifetime: Apogee Books Space Series 31 (2003) ISBN 1896522963