JSC FLIGHT DIRECTOR CLASS OF 2015 VISITS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAYLOAD OPERATION INTEGRATION CENTER AT MSFC, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Flight Director Matt Smith studies the data during the second post-launch trajectory correction maneuver during Perseverance's cruise to Mars. The team is in the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24195

JSC2010-E-045169 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Paul Dye

JSC2010-E-045170 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Courtenay McMillan

JSC2010-E-045164 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Ginger Kerrick

JSC2010-E-045165 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Michael L. (Mike) Sarafin

JSC2010-E-045171 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Ed Van Cise

JSC2010-E-045161 (30 March 2010) --- Flight director Richard S. Jones

S74-32481 (November 1974) --- These two men are flight directors for the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission scheduled for July 1975. Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Yeliseyev (left) is the Soviet ASTP senior flight director; M.P. Frank is the American ASTP senior flight director. They are seated beside a Docking Module training mock-up in Building 35 at the Johnson Space Center. Cosmonaut Yeliseyev was head of a delegation of USSR flight controllers who were at JSC for two weeks of ASTP training.

JSC2010-E-045162 (30 March 2010) --- Flight directors for the STS-132/ULF-4 mission pose for a preflight group portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are Chris Edelen, Richard Jones, Mike Sarafin, Ginger Kerrick and Tony Ceccacci.

JSC2010-E-045167 (30 March 2010) --- Flight directors for the STS-131/19A mission pose for a preflight group portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are Tony Ceccacci, Bryan Lunney, Paul Dye, Richard Jones, Ginger Kerrick and Mike Sarafin.

JSC2010-E-045168 (30 March 2010) --- ISS flight directors for the STS-131/19A mission pose for a preflight group portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are Courtenay McMillan, Ed Van Cise and Ron Spencer.

Mr. David A. King has been named the tenth Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Appointed to take Director's office June 15, 2003, King has been serving as Deputy Director of MSFC since November 2002. With 20 years experience in spacecraft and high-technology systems, Mr. King began his NASA career at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida in 1983 as a main propulsion system engineer. He later served as flow director for the Space Shuttle Discovery and then as the acting deputy director of the installation Operations Directorate. He was appointed deputy director of Shuttle Processing in 1996, Launch Director in 1997, and director of Shuttle Processing in 1999.

JSC2010-E-045163 (30 March 2010) --- Flight directors for the STS-131/19A mission pose for a preflight group portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left (front row) are Ron Spencer, Richard Jones and Bryan Lunney. Picture from the left (back row) are Courtenay McMillan, Paul Dye, Ed Van Cise, Mike Sarafin, Ginger Kerrick and Tony Ceccacci.

Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control.

Holly Ridings is a global leader in human spaceflight. She is NASA's first female chief flight director, and currently leads the Gateway Program as its deputy program manager.

Retired NASA Flight Director and manager Gene Kranz poses for a portrait next to the Apollo 17 Command Module, Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Kevin Peterson Dryden Flight Research Center Director meets with Dr Harry McDonald on collaborative research programs

Kevin Peterson Dryden Flight Research Center Director meets with Dr Harry McDonald on collaborative research programs

Kevin Peterson Dryden Flight Research Center Director meets with Dr Harry McDonald on collaborative research programs

Kevin Peterson Dryden Flight Research Center Director meets with Dr Harry McDonald on collaborative research programs

ISS Orbit 2 flight controllers on console with Flight Director Bob Dempsey during the ESA ATV docking to space station. Photo Date: February 24, 2011. Location: Building 30M, FCR-1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

ISS Orbit 2 flight controllers on console with Flight Director Bob Dempsey during the ESA ATV docking to space station. Photo Date: February 24, 2011. Location: Building 30M, FCR-1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

ISS Orbit 2 flight controllers on console with Flight Director Bob Dempsey during the ESA ATV docking to space station. Photo Date: February 24, 2011. Location: Building 30M, FCR-1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

Holly Ridings is a global leader in human spaceflight. She is NASA's first female chief flight director, and currently leads the Gateway Program as its deputy program manager.

S68-20986 (4 April 1968) --- Scene at the flight operations director's console in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 520) unmanned space flight. Left to right, are Air Force Maj. Gen. Vincent G. Huston, DOD Manager, Manned Space Flight Operations, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC director of flight operations; George M. Low, manager, MSC Apollo Spacecraft Program Office; and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director.

JSC2009-E-119382 (12 May 2009) --- Flight director Rick LaBrode monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-125 flight day two activities. Flight director Chris Edelen is at right.

JSC2000-E-29413 (November 2000) --- Flight directors (FD) for the STS-97 mission pose for a pre-flight group portrait with the mission's insignia. Front row: Lead FD Bill Reeves (left), and Jeff Hanley. Back row, from the left: John Curry, Wayne Hale, LeRoy Cain, Paul Hill and Kelly Beck.

JSC2000-E-19040 (July 2000) --- These flight directors have been named for key support to the STS-106 mission, scheduled for September of this year. In front are Phil Engelauf, Orbit 1 and lead; Kelly Beck, planning. Standing, from the left, are Wayne Hale, ascent and entry; Bill Reeves, Team 4; and Paul Dye, Orbit 2. Team 4 will periodically fill in for other flight controllers, allowing some shifting of teams to other times of the day.

Neil A. Armstrong, left, presents a flag from the Moon to Paul F. Bikle, director of NASA’s Flight Research Center (now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center), in 1966 in Edwards, California.

STS061-S-103 (2-13 DEC 1993) --- Flight director Robert E. Castle uses a lap top computer to aid his busy tasks during one of the five space walks performed to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) temporarily berthed in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. STS-61 lead flight director Milt Heflin is at right edge of frame.

Flight Director Tommy Holloway listens to a question from a news media representative during a STS-5 pre-flight press briefing.

JSC2011-E-044079 (16 May 2011) --- Richard Jones, left, views data at the flight director?s console in the shuttle flight control room in Houston?s Mission Control Center as preparations are underway several hundred miles away in Florida for the final launch of Endeavour. Astronaut Barry Wilmore, spacecraft communicator, is at the CAPCOM console for the prelaunch and launch activities. Endeavour lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on time at 8:56 a.m. (EDT) on May 16, 2011. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2011-E-044082 (16 May 2011) --- Inside the space shuttle flight control room in Houston?s Mission Control Center, four key personnel follow activities at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A, several hundred miles away in Florida. From left to right are Tony Ceccacci and Richard Jones, both flight directors, along with astronauts Barry Wilmore and Lee Archambault, both spacecraft communicators or CAPCOMs. Space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on time at 8:56 a.m. (EDT) on May 16, 2011. Photo credit: NASA

S81-39431 (12 Nov. 1981) --- Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center?s mission control center following the successful launch of the Columbia, and the beginning of NASA?s second space shuttle mission. Dr. Kraft is director of the Johnson Space Center and Kranz is deputy director of the flight operations directorate (FOD) at JSC. Houston time for the launch was approximately 9:10 a.m., Nov 12, 1981. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2000-06252 (September 2000) --- Holding logos, flight director Kelly Beck and spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) Ellen Ochoa pose with the flight control team that supported Orbit 2 during the STS-106 mission.

STS-135 Ascent Flight Control Team in WFCR with Flight Director Richard Jones. Photo Date: July 26, 2011. Location: Building 30 south - WFCR. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

STS-125 Orbit 3/Planning flight controllers with Flight Director Paul Dye. Photo Date: May 14, 2009. Location: Bldg. 30 south, WFCR & Back Rooms. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.

STS029-S-042 (13 March 1989) --- Flight Directors Ronald D. Dittemore, left and Lee Briscoe monitor solid rocket booster separation activity on monitors at their consoles in the flight control room of the Johnson Space Center's mission control center.

Flight Director Robert E. Castle Jr. works out a problem during joint integrated simulations for the STS-61 mission. Astronauts assigned to extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) were simultaneously rehearsing in a neutral buoyancy tank at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama.

During STS-34, flight directors Robert E. Castle, Jr (left) and Ronald D. Dittemore review checklists and monitor displays at their console in JSC's Mission Control Center (MCC) Bldg 30 flight control room (FCR).

STS029-S-041 (13 March 1989) --- Flight Directors (FD) Lee Brisco (left) and Ronad D. Dittmore monitor prelaunch activity on monitors at their consoles in the flight control room of the Johnson Space Center's mission control center. FD Gary Coen is in the back ground.

JSC2007-E-41011 (20 July 2007) --- STS-118 Ascent/Entry flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Steve Stich (center right) and astronaut Tony Antonelli, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), hold the STS-118 mission logo.

JSC2011-E-047777 (23 May 2011) --- Flight director Rick LaBrode is pictured at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-134 flight day eight activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2009-E-119390 (12 May 2009) --- Flight director Rick LaBrode monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-125 flight day two activities.

JSC2009-E-119397 (12 May 2009) --- Flight directors Rick LaBrode (left) and Chris Edelen monitor data at their console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-125 flight day two activities.

JSC2010-E-051978 (14 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131 Orbit 2 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Mike Sarafin holds the STS-131 mission logo.

JSC2001-00310 (February 2001) --- These sixty-plus flight controllers support the STS-98/5a mission's orbit 1 shift from various consoles in the shuttle flight control room in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Robert Castle holds the crew insignia near center frame.

JSC2010-E-050902 (12 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131 Planning flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Ginger Kerrick (center) is visible on the second row.

JSC2009-E-120813 (20 May 2009) --- The members of the STS-125 Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Tony Ceccacci holds the STS-125 mission logo.

JSC2009-E-120490 (14 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci watches the big screens from his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-125 flight day four activities.

JSC2010-E-052979 (14 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131/19A ISS Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Courtenay McMillan (center) stands on the front row.

JSC2010-E-050680 (12 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131 Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Richard Jones (second left) is on the front row.

JSC2009-E-061542 (24 March 2009) --- The members of the STS-119 Orbit 3 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA?s Johnson Space Center. Flight director Bryan Lunney (center) near the front.

JSC2009-E-120845 (20 May 2009) --- The members of the STS-125 Orbit 2 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Rick LaBrode (right) is visible on the front row.

JSC2009-E-060959 (20 March 2009) --- The members of the STS-119/15A ISS Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho (right) is visible on the front row.

JSC2009-E-119632 (13 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci and astronaut Dan Burbank (background), STS-125 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day three activities.

JSC2009-E-120483 (14 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci (left) and astronaut Dan Burbank, STS-125 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), are pictured at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day four activities.

JSC2009-E-120846 (20 May 2009) --- The members of the STS-125 Orbit 3 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Paul Dye (center left) is visible on the front row.

JSC2009-E-061164 (20 March 2009) --- The members of the STS-119/15A ISS Orbit 3 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Flight director David Korth (right) is visible on the front row.

Flight directors Robert E. Castle, Jr (left) and Ronald D. Dittemore monitor console displays during STS-34 mission. Castle and Dittemore will oversee flight activities from their stations in JSC's Mission Control Center (MCC) Bldg 30 flight control room (FCR). In the background are the FCR large screens which display flight data.

Date: 11-25-09 Location: Bldg. 2S - Rm 122 Press Conference Subject: STS-129 Flight Day 10 Mission Status Briefing with Orbit 1 Flight Director Mike Sarafin. Photographer: Lauren Harnett

PHOTO DATE: 22 March 2009 - 3:30pm LOCATION: Bldg. 30, FCR-1 SUBJECT: Team photo of ISS 15A Flight Control Team - Orbit 2 - Flight Director Heather Rarick PHOTOGRAPHER: Bill Stafford

JSC2002-00574 (5 March 2002) --- The members of the STS-109 Orbit 2 Team pose for a group portrait in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Tony Ceccacci holds the STS-109 mission logo.

Date: 11-25-09 Location: Bldg. 2S - Rm 122 Press Conference Subject: STS-129 Flight Day 10 Mission Status Briefing with Orbit 1 Flight Director Mike Sarafin. Photographer: Lauren Harnett

PHOTO DATE: 05-13-09 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south , WFCR & Backrooms SUBJECT: STS-125 Flight Controllers on Console During HST Grapple - Orbit 1 - Bldg. 30 south. Flight Director: Tony Ceccacci PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES BLAIR

PHOTO DATE: 05-13-09 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 south , WFCR & Backrooms SUBJECT: STS-125 Flight Controllers on Console During HST Grapple - Orbit 1 - Bldg. 30 south. Flight Director: Tony Ceccacci PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES BLAIR

Mr. Arthur G. Stephenson has been serving as the ninth Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center since his appointment on September 11, 1998. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Stephenson worked for TRW, Redondo Beach, California, for 28 years and was president of Oceaneering Advanced Technologies in Houston, Texas, at the time of his appointment. Mr. Stephenson has over 30 years of experience as a manager in spacecraft and high-technology systems.

JSC2006-E-54411 (15 Dec. 2006) --- The members of the STS-116/12A.1 ISS Orbit 1 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the station flight control room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Derek Hassman (center right) holds the STS-116 mission logo. Astronaut Terry W. Virts Jr., spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), is at center. PHALCON flight controller Scott Stover (center left) holds the P5 truss power reconfiguration logo.

JSC2010-E-052556 (14 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131/19A ISS Orbit 3 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Ed Van Cise holds the STS-131 mission logo.

JSC2009-E-120487 (14 May 2009) --- Astronauts Alan Poindexter (standing) and Dan Burbank (seated left), STS-125 spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM); along with flight director Tony Ceccacci are pictured at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day four activities.

JSC2009-E-119383 (12 May 2009) --- Flight directors Rick LaBrode (left) and Chris Edelen; along with Paul Hill (standing at right), Space Shuttle Mission Operations manager, are pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-125 flight day two activities.

JSC2009-E-121353 (21 May 2009) --- The members of the STS-125 Ascent and Entry flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Norm Knight (left) and astronaut Gregory H. Johnson, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), hold the STS-125 mission logo.

JSC2009-E-120491 (14 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci (right); along with astronauts Dan Burbank (center) and Alan Poindexter, STS-125 spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), watch the big screens from their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day four activities.

JSC2009-E-119745 (13 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci (left) and astronaut Dan Burbank, STS-125 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day three activities. The Hubble Space Telescope, grappled by Space Shuttle Atlantis? remote manipulator system (RMS), is visible on one of the big screens.

JSC2011-E-047737 (23 May 2011) --- Flight directors Dana Weigel (foreground) and Dina Contella, along with astronauts Dan Tani and Michael Foale, both STS-134/ULF-6 spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM), monitor data at their consoles in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day eight activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-052008 (14 April 2010) --- The members of the STS-131/19A ISS Orbit 2 flight control team pose for a group portrait in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Ron Spencer (right) holds the STS-131 mission logo.

JSC2009-E-119746 (13 May 2009) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci (left) and astronaut Dan Burbank, STS-125 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during flight day three activities. The Hubble Space Telescope, grappled by Space Shuttle Atlantis? remote manipulator system (RMS), is visible on one of the big screens.

Only moments away from ignition, Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, and its five member crew are the subjects of concern drawing serious countenance in this scene in the Flight Control Room (FCR) of JSC's Mission Control Center (MCC) Bldg 30. Ascent Flight Director Alan L. Briscoe, monitors the Kennedy Space Center pre-launch activity from the flight director (FD) console, along with Ronald D. Dittemore (center) and N. Wayne Hale, Jr.

The Payload Operations Center (POC) is the science command post for the International Space Station (ISS). Located at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, it is the focal point for American and international science activities aboard the ISS. The POC's unique capabilities allow science experts and researchers around the world to perform cutting-edge science in the unique microgravity environment of space. The POC is staffed around the clock by shifts of payload flight controllers. At any given time, 8 to 10 flight controllers are on consoles, operating, plarning for, and controlling various systems and payloads. This photograph shows the Payload Operations Director (POD) at work. The POD is the leader of the POC flight control team. The Director guides all payload activities in coordination with Mission Control at Johnson Space Center at Houston, Texas, the Station crew, the international partners, and other research facilities.

Marshall Space Flight Center Deputy Director Paul McConnaughey, left, discusses advanced manufacturing capabilities with Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, second from left, Aug. 7 at the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. The NASA exhibit, staffed by materials engineers Susan Barber, center, and Zack Jones, right, showcased some of the technologies, missions and hardware that will help enable humans to return to the Moon through the agency’s Artemis program.

STEVE MILEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, LIGHTS A MEMORIAL CANDLE JAN. 30, HONORING THE BRAVE EXPLORERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN PURSUIT OF HUMANITY’S DESTINY IN SPACE. MARSHALL, ALONG WITH NASA CENTERS AND PARTNER FACILITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, HOLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES EARLY EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE ITS FALLEN HEROES

JSC2002-02106 (27 November 2002) --- The members of the STS-113 Orbit 2 Team pose for a group portrait in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight Director John Curry stands to the left of the STS-113 mission logo and astronaut Lisa M. Nowak, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), stands to the left of Curry.

S49-S-0231 (11 May 1992) --- In the space shuttle flight control room (FCR) in Mission Control Center in Houston, Flight Director Al Pennington monitors the progress of the initial spacewalk of the STS-49 flight. A scale model of HM Bark Endeavour, namesake for the space shuttle currently making its inaugural flight, adorns the console. The model was built by Dan Willett of JSC's Information Resources Directorate. The original sailing ship Endeavour was commanded by Lt. James Cook on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand from 1768 to 1771. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-090665 (8 June 2010) --- The members of the STS-132 Ascent flight control team and crew members pose for a group portrait in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Flight director Richard Jones (right) and NASA astronaut Ken Ham, STS-132 commander, hold the STS-132 mission logo. Additional crew members pictured are NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, pilot; along with Garrett Reisman, Piers Sellers, Michael Good and Steve Bowen, all mission specialists. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

High-Speed Research Station Director Walter C. Williams, NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield, and Director of Flight Operations Joe Vensel in front of the Douglas D-558-2 after the first Mach 2 flight.

JSC2002-00546 (February 2002) --- Bryan P. Austin, lead flight director for STS-109, and Dana Weigel, lead EVA officer, pose near their respective consoles in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center.

Expedition 43 flight control team with Flight Director Gary Horlacher during the release of SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle. Photo Date: May 21, 2015. Location: Building 30 - FCR1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

STS-8 MCC Activities, Day 6 CapComs, Astronaut Bill Fisher and Flight Director Harold Draughon. 1. INFLIGHT - STS-8 (MCC) 2. FISHER, ANNA - STS-8 (MCC) 3. FISHER, BILL - STS-8 (MCC) JSC, HOUSTON, TX Also available in 35 CN

Lead flight director James M. Heflin, Jr answers question at STS-34's thirty days before launch (T-30) press briefing conducted in the JSC Auditorium and Public Affairs Facility Bldg 2 briefing room.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. From left to right Serena Aunon, Jeanette Epps, Kimiya Yui (JAXA) in foreground and Scott Tingle during a tour of Future Flgiht Central (FFC) Simulator.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. Pete Worden, Ames Center Director joins the candidates during the round table.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. Norishige Kanai (JAXA) during a tour of the Future Flgiht Central (FFC) Simulator.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. From left to right back row are Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Scott Tingle, Jeremy Hansen, Jeanette Epps, Jack Boyd (Ames), Serena Aunon, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, David Saint-Jacques (CSA) Kimiya Yui (JAXA), Michael Hopkins, Gregory (Reid) Wiseman, Kjell Lundgren, Norishige Kanai (JAXA).

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. From left to right David Saint-Jacques (CSA) Gregory (Reid) Wiseman, Michael Hopkins, Jeremy Hanson during a tour of the Future Flgiht Central (FFC) Simulator.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. Astronaut candidate Jeanette Epps presents photo to Pete Worden, Ames Center Director.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit the Future Flgiht Central (FFC) at Ames Research Center. From left to right top row; unknown, Kimiya Yui (JAXA) David Saint-Jacques (CSA) Serena Aunon, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, Jeanette Epps, Scott Tingle, Kjell, Landgren, Norishige Kanai (JAXA): Middle row left to right; Sahar Leaupepe, unknown, Sheila Johnson: Front Row, left to right Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Michael Hopkins, Gregory (Reid) Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dryden Flight Research Center Director Kevin Peterson talks about One NASA during the rollout of the Agency initiative at KSC. The event was held at the IMAX Theater® where NASA leaders discussed One NASA with selected employees. Explaining how their respective centers contribute to One NASA, along with Peterson, were KSC Director Jim Kennedy, James Jennings, NASA’s associate deputy administrator for institutions and asset management; Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Space Science; Kevin Peterson, Dryden Flight Research Center director; incoming KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow; and implementation team lead Johnny Stevenson. Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Julian Earls gave a motivational speech during the luncheon held at the Visitor Complex Debus Conference Center.

Researchers test a 10-foot Mock Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Frank Pena, test director, checks the mock wing. The aircraft concept involves a wing braced on an aircraft using diagonal struts that also add lift and could result in significantly improved aerodynamics.

JSC2002-E-23209 (7 June 2002) --- Flight director Richard E. (Rick) LaBrode, Jr. (right) and astronaut Robert (Bob) Thirsk, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) representing the Canadian Space Agency, monitor data at their consoles in the station flight control room (BFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). At the time this photo was taken the Space Shuttle Endeavour was about to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) 240 miles over the South Pacific. The docking occurred at 11:25 a.m. (CDT) on June 7, 2002.