Evans Consoles Supporting Space Exploration & NASA Supplier Award

Evans has a storied history working with space exploration companies in both private and government sectors. These include a variety of NASA commissioned control rooms from JPL to JWST and even the main firing room at the Kennedy Space Center. Although delayed, we are excited for the upcoming Artemis mission and can't wait to see humans back on the moon.

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Evans Built Control Rooms for Space Exploration

We have included some of our most high profile control rooms and partnerships in this post. Click the list below to jump to the section you are most interested in. Space Geeks unite!

1. NASA Supplier Award
2. NASA Flight Control Rooms
3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
4. Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS)
5. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
6. NASA Training Room

Evans Consoles Working With NASA & JPL

Evans has had a long-standing 28+ year relationship with NASA. Some of the most high-profile control rooms we have completed include the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Flight Control Rooms, and the Main Firing Room at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Our consoles are used by the teams at NASA during launch days and throughout the year for a variety of space missions. We are proud to do our small part in the Artemis missions to put humans back on the moon for the first time since 1972.

Evans Consoles Receives NASA Supplier Award

Evans is a proud supplier of consoles for NASA and was presented a supplier award back in 2006. We have done lots of work equipping NASA with consoles at their various locations across the USA. We look forward to continuing this relationship well into the future and for many space related missions still to come. You can see the Discovery rocket featured in the award which highlights the era of exploration and period of time that we have been working with NASA for (28 years and counting).

"For your commitment, support and dedication to flight safety and mission success" -May 3, 2006.

Space Flight Awareness?Supplier Award?presented to Evans Consoles, Inc. "for your commitment, support and dedication to flight safety and mission success" May 3, 2006.

The supplier award shows our commitment to NASA and the space exploration industry. It also displays the quality of our work and our expert ability to design and equip consoles for mission-critical environments. This includes local, state and federal government, process control, public safety, utilities, air traffic control / airports, and security operations centers. Find out about all the?industries?we work with.?

So why did we receive the NASA Supplier Award? Read on to find out more about how we have supported the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the past 28 years.

Kennedy Space Center Main Firing Room

The main control room is used for mission-critical launch operations with another room available to be used as a backup. Evans has supplied consoles for the Main Firing Room in the past. We are happy to support NASA over the years. Let's launch those rockets!

NASA Flight Control Room Consoles

The NASA Mission Control Center (MCC) includes several different Flight Control Rooms (FCR). Each of the rooms are used by different teams for varying purposes and flight missions. FCR1 was previously used for Apollo, Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz mission. The systems were re-used for the Space Shuttle Program and then upgraded to be used as mission control for the International Space Station (ISS). FCR1 is now known as MCC-21 or "Mission Control 21st Century". If you look closely at the picture below you can see the Evans logo on the side of the console.

The scope for this project was to build custom consoles for three FCR rooms using the same design for each one. FCR1 is the largest room and the one you will see most often on TV and the web (now known as MCC-21).

Learn more about how?NASA missions are controlled?and the duties of each console position including CAPCOM, EECOM, Flight Director, and Ground Control positions. We are proud to say that these NASA console positions are operated on Evans built consoles.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Control Room

Artemis 1 will soon be launched and on the way to the Moon with lots of help from JPL. They were responsible for engineering and integrating the Orion System (the top part of the SLS rocket that houses the astronauts). They also validated the Orion thermal protection system and parachutes to help the capsule land safely back on earth. Their primary function is the construction and operation of planetary spacecraft and operating the NASA Deep Space Network. They have played a pivotal role in the Artemis missions and we are proud to say their sleek consoles are Evans built.?We posted about JPL?back in March 2021 when the Perseverance Rover successfully landed on Mars.

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