President John F. Kennedy (left) visits Mercury's Flight Control Area a few days after John Glenn's flight in February 1962. To Kennedy's right are Glenn and astronaut Alan Shepard.

View of the Flight Control Room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, located on the outskirts of Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

View of the Flight Control Room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, located on the outskirts of Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen onboard the International Space Station from the Blue Flight Control Room, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S62-05139 (1962) --- View of Mercury Control Center prior to the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) flight of the Sigma 7. Photo credit: NASA

View of the Flight Control Room at the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, located on the outskirts of Moscow, Wednesday, April 21, 2004. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Inside Mercury flight control, Walter C. Williams, associate director for Project Mercury operations (center) listens to Christopher Kraft, flight director (right).

S75-28659 (21 July 1975) --- An overall view of the group of Soviet Union flight controllers who served at the Mission Control Center during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. They are applauding the successful touchdown of the Soyuz spacecraft in Central Asia. The television monitor had just shown the land landing of the Soyuz descent vehicle.

Hubble Space Telescope Control Room Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Armstrong’s Mission Control Center, or MCC, is where culmination of all data-gathering occurs. Engineers, flight controllers and researchers monitor flights and missions as they are carried out. Data and video run through the MCC and are recorded, displayed and archived. Data is then processed and prepared for post-flight analysis.

S66-52157 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Discussing the Gemini-11 spaceflight in the Mission Control Center are: (left to right) Christopher C. Kraft Jr., (wearing glasses), Director of Flight Operations; Charles W. Mathews (holding phone), Manager, Gemini Program Office; Dr. Donald K. Slayton (center, checked coat), Director of Flight Crew Operations; astronaut William A. Anders, and astronaut John W. Young. Photo credit: NASA

jsc2022e090080 (Nov. 28, 2022): NASA Astronaut Stan Love observes the Orion spacecraft as it reaches its maximum distance from the Earth, nearly 270,000 miles, on flight day 14 of the Artemis I mission from within the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. Love is practicing to be capsule communicator, or capcom, during future crewed Artemis missions. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2022e090070: (Nov. 28, 2022): Flight Directors Paul Konyha and Nicole McElroy smile as the Orion spacecraft reaches its record-breaking distance from the Earth, nearly 270,000 miles, on flight day 14 of the Artemis I mission. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

NASA Dryden's highly modified F-15B, tail number 837, seen here with the Boron Mine as a backdrop, resumed Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) project flights on Dec. 6, 2002.

NASA Dryden flight test engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer is suited up for a research flight in the F-16XL laminar-flow control experiment in this 1993 photo.

NASA Dryden's highly modified F-15B aircraft, tail number 837, serves as an Intelligent flight Control System (IFCS) research testbed aircraft.

NASA Dryden's highly modified F-15B aircraft, tail number 837, serves as an Intelligent flight Control System (IFCS) research testbed aircraft.

NASA Dryden's highly modified F-15B aircraft, tail number 837, serves as an Intelligent flight Control System (IFCS) research testbed aircraft.

NASA Dryden's highly modified F-15B aircraft, tail number 837, serves as an Intelligent flight Control System (IFCS) research testbed aircraft.

STS064-05-028 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- On the space shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck, astronaut Susan J. Helms handles controls for the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). The robot arm operated by Helms, who remained inside the cabin, was used to support several tasks performed by the crew during the almost 11-day mission. Those tasks included the release and retrieval of the free-flying Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool For Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201), a six-hour spacewalk and the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX). Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

S66-43377 (18 July 1966) --- Standing at the flight director's console, viewing the Gemini-10 flight display in the Mission Control Center, are (left to right) William C. Schneider, Mission Director; Glynn Lunney, Prime Flight Director; Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations; and Charles W. Mathews, Manager, Gemini Program Office. Photo credit: NASA

This view from a NASA Dryden F-18 chase aircraft shows Dryden's highly modified F-15B, tail number 837, which resumed Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) project flights on Dec. 6, 2002.

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.

NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, left, joins Russian Federal Space Agency Deputy General-Director Nikolai Moiseev, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow to view the docking of the Expedition 9 crew to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

PHOTO DATE: 07-06-11 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 SUBJECT: STS-135 Flight Controllers on Console WORK ORDER:01910-BS___STS 135 FLIGHT DIRECTORS-07-06-11 PHOTOGRAPHER: BILL STAFFORD

Documentation of the new mission control center White Flight Control Room (FLCR). Excellent overall view of White FLCR with personnel manning console workstations (11221). Fisheye lens perspective from Flight Director station with Brian Austin (11222). Environmental (EECOM) workstation and personnel (11223).

Wide angle view of the flight control room (FCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC). Some of the STS 41-G crew can be seen on a large screen at the front of the MCC along with a map tracking the progress of the orbiter.

Wide angle view of the flight control room (FCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC). Some of the STS 41-G crew can be seen on a large screen at the front of the MCC along with a map tracking the progress of the orbiter.

JSC2009-E-121512 (24 May 2009) --- Flight controllers in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the big screens during the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

JSC2009-E-121511 (24 May 2009) --- Flight controllers in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the big screens during the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

JSC2009-E-121510 (24 May 2009) --- Flight controllers in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the big screens during the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

JSC2009-E-121509 (24 May 2009) --- Flight controllers in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center watch the big screens during the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

S65-18063 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut Clifton C. Williams is shown at console in the Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston, Texas during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight. The GT-3 flight was monitored by the MCC in Houston, but was controlled by the MCC at Cape Kennedy.

NASA Administrator Bridenstine learns about the many uses for mission control rooms for flight research projects such as monitoring the flights for safety, gathering data and talking to the pilot and project researcher.

S65-30411 (9 June 1965) --- The families of Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II visited the Mission Control Center in Houston. In the foreground, left to right, are Mrs. Patricia McDivitt, daughter Bonnie White, Mrs. Patricia White, flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr., and Edward White III. Each of the family members talked with the astronauts as they passed over the United States. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-081946 (18 May 2010) --- ISS flight director Emily Nelson monitors data at her console in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-132/ULF-4 mission flight day five activities.

JSC2010-E-081909 (18 May 2010) --- Flight director Mike Sarafin (left) and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for the STS-132 mission, 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 five activities.

JSC2010-E-081914 (18 May 2010) --- ISS flight director Holly Ridings reviews data at her console in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-132/ULF-4 mission flight day five activities.

JSC2011-E-045475 (17 May 2011) --- Flight director Paul Dye 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-134 flight day two activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-081916 (18 May 2010) --- ISS flight directors Holly Ridings (seated) and Emily Nelson monitor data at their console in the space station flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-132/ULF-4 mission flight day five activities.

JSC2010-E-087358 (25 May 2010) --- The members of the STS-132 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 Tony Ceccacci holds the STS-132 mission logo. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Johanna Lucht, observing data from the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, received flight communications from an interpreter, seen on Lucht’s monitor, through American Sign Language. Two-way visual communication was established between Lucht and the interpreter, located at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, for the flight. Interpreting technical terminology often requires cooperation to develop specific signs to ease communication. Using a familiar interpreter who is adept or practiced in the technical terminology of a NASA flight was beneficial, Lucht says.

JSC2006-E-43860 (6 Oct. 2006)--- International Space Station flight controllers have this area as their new home with increased technical capabilities, more workspace and a long, distinguished history. The newly updated facility is just down the hall from its predecessor at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Known as Flight Control Room 1, it was first used to control a space flight 38 years ago, the mission of Apollo 7 launched Oct. 11, 1968. It was one of two control rooms for NASA's manned missions. The room it replaces in its new ISS role, designated the Blue Flight Control Room, had been in operation since the first station component was launched in 1998.

JSC2006-E-43863 (6 Oct. 2006)--- International Space Station flight controllers have this area as their new home with increased technical capabilities, more workspace and a long, distinguished history. The newly updated facility is just down the hall from its predecessor at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. This view is toward the rear of the "new" room. Known as Flight Control Room 1, it was first used to control a space flight 38 years ago, the mission of Apollo 7 launched Oct. 11, 1968. It was one of two control rooms for NASA's manned missions. The room it replaces in its new ISS role, designated the Blue Flight Control Room, had been in operation since the first station component was launched in 1998.

Contamination control technician Sydnie Heiman inspects one of OSAM-1's radiator panels inside the cleanroom at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Md., July 10, 2023. This photo has been reviewed by OSAM1 project management and the Export Control Office and is released for public view. NASA/Mike Guinto

JSC2011-E-046428 (19 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, STS-134 spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), is pictured at her console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA?s Johnson Space Center during flight day four activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2010-E-081929 (18 May 2010) --- Kyle Herring, Public Affairs Office (PAO) commentator, 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-132 mission flight day five activities.

JSC2011-E-045467 (17 May 2011) --- Public Affairs Office (PAO) mission commentator Brandi Dean is pictured at her console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-134 flight day two activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2002-00576 (5 March 2002) --- The members of the STS-109 Orbit 3 Team pose for a group portrait in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Jeff Hanley is visible in the center foreground.

JSC2002-00575 (5 March 2002) --- The members of the STS-109 Orbit 3 Team pose for a group portrait in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director Jeff Hanley is visible in the center foreground.

JSC2011-E-045468 (17 May 2011) --- Public Affairs Office (PAO) mission commentator Brandi Dean monitors data at her console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during STS-134 flight day two activities. Photo credit: NASA

S71-18400 (9 Feb. 1971) --- Flight controllers in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) view a colorful display which signals the successful splashdown and recovery of the crew of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. The MOCR's large screen at right shows a television shot aboard the USS New Orleans, Apollo 14 prime recovery ship.

MOCR during Flight Day 1 of the STS-3 Mission. View: Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division, briefing Flight Director Eugene Kranz, Flight Operations, and Dr. Kraft, JSC Director. JSC, HOUSTON, TX

JSC2009-E-118817 (11 May 2009) --- Flight controller Mark McDonald monitors data at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

S65-18200 (23 March 1965) --- Overall view of the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.

JSC2001-02115 (31 July 2001) --- The flight controllers for the Ascent/Entry shift for the upcoming STS-105 mission pose with the assigned astronaut crew for a team portrait in the Shuttle Flight Control Room (WFCR) of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Flight director John Shannon (left center) and STS-105 commander Scott J. Horowitz hold the mission logo. Also pictured on the front row are spacecraft communicator Kenneth D. Cockrell and STS-105 crew members Daniel T. Barry, Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow and Patrick G. Forrester. The team had been participating in an integrated simulation for the scheduled August mission.

JSC2011-E-045472 (17 May 2011) --- A scale model of HM Bark Endeavour, namesake for the space shuttle currently making its final flight, adorns a console in the space shuttle flight control room in Mission Control in Houston. This model was first displayed in 1992 in the old shuttle control room during STS-49, the inaugural flight of the shuttle Endeavour. It 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

S65-45280 (21-29 Aug. 1965) --- Overall view of the Mission Control Center (MCC), Houston, Texas, during the Gemini-5 flight. Note the screen at the front of the MCC which is used to track the progress of the Gemini spacecraft.

JSC2010-E-080409 (14 May 2010) --- Brent Jett (left), director, flight crew operations; and flight director Norm Knight are pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-080460 (14 May 2010) --- Brent Jett, director, flight crew operations; and flight director Norm Knight (foreground) watch a monitor in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis a few hundred miles away in Florida. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2011-E-050134 (1 June 2011) --- An overall view of the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center photographed during STS-134/ULF-6 landing day activities. Photo credit: NASA

STS98-E-5078 (10 February 2001) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-98 mission specialist, monitors communications from ground controllers from her post at the aft flight deck controls on the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

JSC2011-E-050159 (1 June 2011) --- An overall view of the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center photographed during STS-134/ULF-6 landing day activities. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2000-07303 (24 November 2000) --- The 30-odd flight controllers supporting the STS-97 entry shift pose for a pre-flight group portrait in the shuttle flight control room in Houston's Mission Control Center (JSC). Entry flight director LeRoy Cain (front center) holds a mission logo.

jsc2022e090130 (Nov. 28, 2022): Flight Directors Paul Konyha and Nicole McElroy monitor the Orion spacecraft as it reaches its record-breaking distance from the Earth, nearly 270,000 miles, on flight day 14 of the Artemis I mission. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

iss069e003900 (April 17, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg (center) makes a move during a space-to-ground chess tournament with mission controllers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Watching Hoburg are (from left) fellow flight engineers Frank Rubio of NASA, Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Stephen Bowen of NASA. Hoburg is a chess fan and set up a chess tournament with mission controllers with each side having their own chess board and typically making one or two moves a day during their busy schedules.

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

PHOTO DATE: 12 July 2011 LOCATION: Bldg. 30 - WFCR SUBJECT: STS-135 Orbit 3 Flight Controllers in WFCR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Sowa

Astronauts Roy D. Bridges (left) and RIchard O. Covey serve as spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) for STS-6. They are seated at the CAPCOM console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center (30119); Flight Director Jay H. Greene communicates with a nearby flight controller in the MOCR just after launch of the Challenger (30120).

JSC2010-E-080441 (14 May 2010) --- Flight director Richard Jones is pictured at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-080454 (14 May 2010) --- Flight director Tony Ceccacci is pictured at his console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-080444 (14 May 2010) --- Flight director Richard Jones is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2009-E-118822 (11 May 2009) --- Flight director Norm Knight is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2010-E-080463 (14 May 2010) --- Brent Jett, director, flight crew operations, is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2008-E-010344 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Flight directors Norm Knight (left), Bryan Lunney and Richard Jones monitor data at their consoles in the space shuttle flight control room of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center (MCC) during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-122 launch. Liftoff occurred at 2:45 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 7, 2008 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2009-E-118882 (11 May 2009) --- Flight director Norm Knight is pictured in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis? scheduled STS-125 launch to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2007-E-095788 (3 Nov. 2007) --- Flight directors Norm Knight (left) and Bryan Lunney, inside the shuttle flight control room of JSC's Mission Control Center, monitor the progress of the Nov. 3 spacewalk by two members of Discovery's crew, while the space shuttle is docked with the International Space Station in Earth orbit. Astronaut Scott Parazynski was busy at work on repairing a tear in a solar panel on the orbiting outpost.

JSC2010-E-080438 (14 May 2010) --- Flight directors Richard Jones and Tony Ceccacci (foreground) monitor data at their console in the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center during launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of space shuttle Atlantis? STS-132 launch. Liftoff was on time at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010 from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

JSC2001-02228 (16 August 2001) --- The members of the STS-105/ISS 7A.1 Planning team pose for a group portrait in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC). Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), stands behind the STS-105 mission logo. Flight director Bryan Austin is visible in the front row on the far right.

JSC2011-E-050168 (1 June 2011) --- An overall view of the space shuttle flight control room in the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center photographed during STS-134/ULF-6 landing day activities. Flight directors Richard Jones (left) and Tony Ceccacci are visible in the foreground. Photo credit: NASA