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Answer» What is Payload Operations Center mean? The Payload Operations and Integration Center, also known as the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), radio callsign Huntsville, or the Payload Operations Center, is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility located at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the headquarters for the science operations of the International Space Station (ISS), working in conjunction with the ISS control center in Houston, Texas. The Payload Operations Center links Earth-bound researchers and developers from around the world with their experiments and astronauts on board the ISS. The everyday tasks performed at the center during the life of the ISS include: Integrating research requirementsPlanning science missionsEnsuring the safe execution of researchIntegrating the crew and ground team training, and research mission timelinesManaging use of space station payload resourcesHandling science communications with the crewManaging command and data transmissions to and from the orbiting research centerThe Payload Operations Center is staffed around the clock by three shifts of flight controllers. reference
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