The NASA Manned Spacecraft Center: A National Resource

Duration: 24:10:00

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Starting with shots of 1960s Houston and Clear Lake, this industrial film introduces us to the work carried out at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now known as the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the government film first explains how the agency operates and the role MSC plays in Project Apollo as well as future NASA program. Through a guided tour of the facility that we are unlikely to get today, we then learn about the structural organization of MSC and how the Center prepares equipment and trains astronauts for spaceflight. This objective is accomplished with a thorough explanation of the functions of administration, flight crew operations (including astronaut training), engineering development (the design and testing of various manned space craft components), and flight operations (mission control).