
In a firing room of the Launch Control Center, KSC Director of Shuttle Operations Robert B. Sieck (center) gives a thumbs up after the successful launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STs-88 at 3:35:34 a.m. EST. With him are NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (right). Sieck is wearing around his neck the Distinguished Service Medal presented to him by Goldin following the launch. The medal, the highest honor NASA confers on a government employee, recognizes someone who has personally made a contribution representing substantial and extraordinary progress to the mission of NASA
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NASA ID
KSC-98pc1802
Date Created
December 4, 1998
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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