'Smart SPHERES' Fly High Aboard International Space Station

Chris Provencher and DW Wheeler, Smart SPHERES engineers, provide support from the Multi Mission Operations Center (MMOC) at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., to Mark Micire, the Smart SPHERES experiment ground controller, located at the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. From the MMOC, Provencher and Wheeler monitor the progress of the crew during setup and testing. They also provide engineering support and expertise to Micire.

Image credit: NASA/Ames