Todd Horelica

ISS ADCO flight controller and safety engineer, father, husband, brother, son, pilot, photographer, SCUBA diver, Texas A&M Aggie, and Uncle.

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Spectacular launch yesterday! Behind this door and various backrooms is where the operations magic happens. Best of luck to my wife, friends, and colleagues for the rest of the mission.

Down the hall I’ll be wrapping up my 7700 hr on console.
#ADCO #ArtemisII

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Today, it feels a little different around here. There are faces I haven’t seen since they left the ISS program. It’s absolute lunarcy!

I’ll be just down the hall flying ISS while teams prep for another history making event!

Godspeed Artemis!

#ADCO #ArtemisII

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Hoping today is a little less sim like. Who will walk through the doors today?
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Over MCC, a new dawn ushers in, well, me. Another set of ADCO shifts to add to the count.
In other news, if the Rocket and weather cooperate, this place will be humming with an additional team of folks starting Wednesday evening! #ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

@BrianRoemmele I was working the ADCO back room position (HawkI) for that event! It was such a surreal and scary moment even though we knew what was happening.

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

@sturmf1 Yep.
https://t.co/sibMA0SOcF

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Unusual configuration we’re flying for the next week all in the name of safety. Even after 25+ years, we still do something new every once in a while!
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Time to spend time with Lady ISS…the fastest vehicle I’m licensed to operate. Hit the “Need for Speed” trifecta today!
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Spent some quality time with Lady Bo this morning! Quick little flight down to Mustang Beach! Then flew back up the coast! Good news, the runway looks like it was recently resurfaced and there is a new parking tarmac that can accommodate more than the 4-6 planes!!

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Congratulations to my Japanese colleagues for a successful HTV-X arrival! I worked on this project several years ago from the safety side. Looking forward to seeing the live views of the vehicle when I step into FCR-1 here in a few moments!
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Another day of doing what I love. #ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Last shift of this set. Still flying backwards today.
See ya next time.
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Wearing green today to entice the space gods to keep the skies clear. IYKYK!
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Fun fact: ISS is flying backwards this week during the solar high beta period to offer shading for some modules. Some of my data looks a little different because of this.
#ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

On-call check-in complete! Now I go about my day…in hopes of not getting a call.
#ADCOoncall

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Happy Friday…if you celebrate. Another shift with a twist. Assuming we don’t have a planning nightmare today, no one is coming on after me as I will take the console on-call. That’ll be a first for me. #ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Shortly after taking today’s shift, I will cross 7500 hrs of console support. Now that ADCO has gone on-call for weekend support, I won’t have as many opportunities to grow that number. I think I can get 8000. 8500 might be a stretch. #ADCO

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

@StansaidAirport That occurred at my home airport. We had a string of 3 or 4 incidences there is a matter of a few months.

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

@astro_Pettit @Space_Station A lot of work for ADCO, but shots like this is an unexpected reward!!

[Todd Horelica @Uncle_Rocket_98]

Some nights you just want to sit by the Eiffel Tower and read a book! #BruceDickinson #WhatDoesThisButtonDo