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Hi there!

The info on this page was wildly out of date, so I've hidden the content for now.

If you're a former FDO or someone who really needs this info, please contact me!!

Otherwise - make sure to go read about what a FDO actually is and how we worked in the Space Shuttle Mission Control Center!

The links below cover a range of topics, from specific information on "What is a FDO?" to some information on life and operations in the MCC to various essays and tributes...

Contact me!

Flight Dynamics Officer

What is a FDO?
- Ascent
- Orbit
- Entry

My last day on console

My last FDO Log Book entries

Reflections on my career

STS-76: Letters from the Lead FDO

© 1995-2026 Roger Balettie

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Mission Control Center

Mission Control Center Overview

What is the FDO looking at?

"The Flight Controller's Creed"

Logos in Mission Control

Mission Control - 50 years

Atomic Fireballs in the MCC

Space Shuttle landing sites

Tributes

Words on a Chalkboard

Remembrance

"We Came Here, You and I..."

"Icarus Rising"

"High Flight"

Essays

Forty Years On...

Remembering Discovery

The Cathedral of Manned Spaceflight

"The Big Picture" (by John Young)

"Why have a space program?" (by Jim Lovell)

"30 years on: Lessons from Challenger"

"Challenger: Correcting some misconceptions…"

Space exploration is 'destiny'

Mir Space Station website interview

STS-109 Entry photos

Space- and NASA-related blog entries

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