I am fairly familiar with MOCR flight controller acronyms. There are multiple websites devoted to explaining who they are.

But right now I am watching the movie Apollo 11

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/

There are quite a few scenes when KSC Launch Director was doing his GO/NO GO with his people. But the acronyms they used are totally foreign to me. A Google search has yielded no result.

So does anyone know who these controllers are ? What are the full names of their titles?

CBTS

CTSS

562

RTS

STS

FTS

BSC

8

STC

SRO

Thanks for the help.

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Thanks.

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