
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Launch Control Center, Associate Administrator for Space Operations Mission William Gerstenmaier congratulates the launch team after the liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115. Behind him, at right, are Pat Leslie and Robbie Ashley, STS-115 payload manager. Mission STS-115 is the 116th space shuttle flight, the 27th flight for orbiter Atlantis, and the 19th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. Mission STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned landing at KSC. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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KSC-06pd2140
Date Created
September 9, 2006
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KSC
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Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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