JSC2000-E-22289 (8 September 2000) --- Two astronauts at the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in Houston's Mission Control Center are about to witness the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. They are astronauts Christopher J. Loria (left) and Dominic L. Gorie. Atlantis launched on schedule, at 8:46 a.m. (EDT), September 8, 2000, as the Johnson Space Center (JSC) flight control team took the baton from KSC's launch controllers.