Welcome to
Human Spaceflight.
Mission Control.
Stories worth preserving.
For twelve years, I worked as a Flight Dynamics Officer in the NASA Mission Control Center during the Space Shuttle Program. This section of the site is a collection of stories, lessons, history, and tributes from that journey.
12
Years in Mission Control
26
Space Shuttle Missions Supported
THOUSANDS
of orbits and maneuvers calculated
ONE MISSION
Bring them home safely
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Why The Trench Exists
Before Mission Control.
Before Aerospace Engineering.
Before NASA.
There was a five-year-old kid watching humanity walk on the Moon.
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Mission Control
Step inside the room where decisions were made. The people, the systems, and the operations.
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Flight Dynamics Officer
The role. The responsibilities. The challenges. The rewards. A front-row seat to human spaceflight.
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Essays & Stories
Thoughts, lessons, and personal experiences from a life in and around human spaceflight.
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Tributes
Honoring the people who inspired, supported, and sacrificed for the journey.
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Featured Content
"We didn't just watch history.
We were part of it."