Simulation Control Engineers inject failures

During intense training at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) on 10 February 2009, simulation engineers inject failures into the Mission Control System, emulating possible problems that may occur during the Herschel-Planck dual launch, scheduled for 16 April 2009. The joint Mission Control Team, working in the Centre's Main Control Room (MCR), are forced to react, implementing immediate actions to recover from the problem.