Habitat
The Habitat, called the Hawking III as the third in a series of OCESS habitats named after eminent physicist Stephen Hawking, is the simulated living space for astronauts during missions. The current incarnation of the Habitat, composed entirely of drywall with metal supports, is made up of seven modules: the Control Room, Interlock, Longhouse, Hotlab, Washroom, Engineering Closet, and Airlock. The Control Room is the flight deck of the Hab; in it are the four computers and some miscellaneous equipment essential to the operation of the mission. The computers run the simulation programs software such as EECOM (Emergency, Environmental & COnsuMables), BIOCOM (BIOlogical COMmunications, which details the health of each astronaut both for Mission Control and for the astronauts), ORBIT (the piloting software), and Engineering, which is used to control the habitat's engineering systems. During the Mission each of these programs is run on a dedicated computer, but BIOCOM shares a computer with mission records and logs. Every room is outfitted with CAPCOM (CAPsule COMmunicator), telephone lines that allows the astronauts to communicate with Mission Control.
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