KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Launch Control Center, NASA and KSC officials turn from their computers to watch through the broad windows the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115. Second from left is Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy. Mission STS-115 is the 116th space shuttle flight, the 27th flight for orbiter Atlantis, and the 19th U.S. flight to the International Space Station. STS-115 is scheduled to last 11 days with a planned landing at KSC. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date September 9, 2006