Photographic coverage of STS-112 Launch in Mission Control Center (WFCR), Bldg.30.
JSC2002-E-41160 (7 October 2002) --- Astronauts Kenneth T. Ham (foreground) and Duane G. Carey, spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), watch the large screens from their consoles in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). At the time this photo was taken the Space Shuttle Atlantis was about to launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Atlantis lifted off at 2:46 p.m. (CDT) on October 7, 2002. Once the vehicle cleared the tower in Florida, the Houston-based team of flight controllers took over the ground control of the flight.
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NASA ID
jsc2002e41160
Date Created
October 7, 2002
Center
JSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
James Blair
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