Payload Operations Increment 73

For the ISS, the POIC works in conjunction with the ISS Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Its responsibilities include facilitating scientific research conducted on the station. For the Artemis program, the POIC supports science payloads and experiments on Orion, HLS, Gateway, the lunar surface, and other deep space missions.

The everyday tasks performed at the center during the life of the ISS include:

Integrating research requirements
Planning science missions
Ensuring the safe execution of research
Integrating the crew and ground team training, and research mission timelines
Managing use of space station payload resources
Handling science communications with the crew
Managing command and data transmissions to and from the orbiting research center
The ISS Payload Operations Center is staffed around the clock by three shifts of flight controllers.

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