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The Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, serves as the central directing point for all space shuttle missions. Within the Mission Control Center is the Space Shuttle Flight Control Room. This room constitutes the base operations for the flight-control team, which consists of a wide variety of experts responsible for specific areas of the space shuttle's mission. As the leader of the flight control team, the flight director is responsible for the overall mission. The flight dynamics officer plans for the maneuvers of the craft and monitors the trajectory. The surgeon monitors the health of the crew and coordinates medical operations for the crew.[1]

[1] National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ...

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