Mission Control Center Tour
Excursion with the visit to the Control Center of International Space Center in Korolev
What you will get
The excursion to the MCC will be a fascinating adventure, allowing you to touch the mysterious cosmic depths. In the Mission Control Center and the available information on complex control processes of the space station, the importance of interstate cooperation. The excursion to the MCC provides a unique opportunity in real time to observe the work of specialists, communication with cosmonauts, get acquainted with the principles of flight control of the (ISS) international orbital station. During the excursion to the MCC, it is possible to visit the Main Flight Control Room of the Russian segment of the station.
700
Specialists work in several shifts in Mission Control Center
1960
Year of establishment of the first Space flight control center in Russia
20
Spacecrafts are controlled by Russian Mission center
Tour Details
- Departure from Moscow
- Arrival to Korolev
- Meeting with the guide
- Passport control
- Excursion to the Mission Control Center
- Transfer to Moscow
How to book
- Fill in the request form
- Wait for confirmation of date and time from manager
- Pay online by Credit Card
- Receive voucher with guide contact information
- Send scan of passport 35 days before the tour for registration
- Enjoy your tour
Important notes
- It's necessary to send scan of the passport 35 days before the tour for registration
- The tour is conducted only during weekdays
- The tour is running by Russian-speaking guide and English/German/French/Spanish interpreter
- it is prohibited to make photos, movies, video, radio, audio recording equipment and accessories
- it is prohibited to use mobile phone during the tour
Cost of the tour
- Group of 1 person - 430 EUR
- Group of 2 people - 220 EUR pp
- Group of 3 people - 160 EUR pp
- Group of 4 people - 120 EUR pp
Inclusions
- Registration of a pass to the MCC
- Guide-interpreter (English, German, French, Spanish, etc.)
- Excursion in the Mission Control Center
- Transfer from Moscow and back
Brief History of Mission Control Center
The Mission Control Center traces its genealogy from the very beginning of the space era, which was opened by the world's first artificial Earth satellite (AES) launched on October 4, 1957 in the USSR. Already at that time the issue of the operational processing of information received by ground-based tracking stations from spacecraft was acute. Then the Computing Center (CC NII-88) began to be created at the State Union Scientific Research Institute No. 88 (now the Central Research Institute of Machine Building) with the prospect of transforming it into a coordination and computing center (KVC). October 3, 1960 was approved the first staffing of the CC SRI-88, and in the same month it is taken into operation.
The MCC provided management of all nine manned flights under the Intercosmos program to the Salyut-6 orbital station and international crews on the Salyut-7 and Mir stations with the participation of astronauts from France, India, Syria, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Japan, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, European Space Agency, USA and Slovakia.
The MCC provided management of all nine manned flights under the Intercosmos program to the Salyut-6 orbital station and international crews on the Salyut-7 and Mir stations with the participation of astronauts from France, India, Syria, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Japan, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, European Space Agency, USA and Slovakia.
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