AERO: Swift Mission Operations Center Training Program

Swift is NASA’s versatile multi-wavelength observatory combining a new technology gamma-ray camera (BAT) with sensitive telescopes in the X-ray (XRT) and UV-optical (UVOT) bands, on a robotic fast-slewing spacecraft. With nearly instantaneous data dissemination, Swift is the premier observatory for discovery and follow-up of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other transient sources. Since launch, Swift has been exclusively controlled and operated by the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Mission Operations Center (MOC).