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Mission Control Celebrates
| Title |
Mission Control Celebrates |
| Full Description |
Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module "Odyssey" while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney. Apollo 13 crew members, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Commander, John L. Swigert Jr., Command Module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module pilot, splashed down at 12:07:44 (CST) in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately four miles from the Apollo 13 prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. |
| Date |
04/17/1970 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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President Reagan at Mission
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| Title |
President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston |
| Full Description |
President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks crew members, astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly if they could stop by Washington en route to their California landing site in order that he might come along. The STS-2 crew was in their next to last day on orbit when the conversation took place. From left to right standing: Terry J. Hart, NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Hans Mark, NASA Administrator James M. Beggs, JSC Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. From left to right seated: CAPCOM, Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein President, Ronald Reagan Directly above the President in the background: JSC Flight Operations Director, Eugene F. Kranz |
| Date |
11/13/1981 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Visit of Chinese Vice Premie
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| Title |
Visit of Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to Johnson Space Center |
| Full Description |
Deng Xiaoping, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China state council, and his wife are briefed by Johnson Space Center director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft. A complete review of NASA's manned space program was given, using exhibit scale models and flight simulators. |
| Date |
02/02/1979 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Kranz on Console
| Title |
Kranz on Console |
| Full Description |
View of the Flight Directors console in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Houston, Texas, during the Gemini 5 flight. Seated at the console are Eugene F. Kranz (foreground) and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (background). Standing in front of the console are Dr. Charles Berry (left), an unidentified man in the center and astronaut Elliot M. See. |
| Date |
08/21/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date |
11.14.1981 |
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Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft in
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| Title |
Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft in Mission Control Center during Apollo 5 launch |
| Description |
Dr. Rober R. Gilruth (right), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, sits with Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, at his flight operations director console in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission launch. |
| Date |
01.22.1968 |
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Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft in
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| Title |
Dr. Gilruth and Dr. Kraft in Mission Control Center during Apollo 5 launch |
| Description |
Dr. Rober R. Gilruth (right), Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director, sits with Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, at his flight operations director console in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, during the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission launch. |
| Date Taken |
1968-01-22 |
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Scene at the Flight Operatio
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| Title |
Scene at the Flight Operations Director's console during Apollo 6 |
| Description |
Scene at the Flight Operations Director's console in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space flight. Left to right, are Air Force Maj. General Vincent G. Huston, Department of Defense Manager, Manned Space Flight Operations, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director of Flight Operations, George M. Low, Manager, MSC Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, and Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director. |
| Date Taken |
1968-04-04 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
| Description |
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission (40022,40023), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. Identifiable in picture, starting in foreground, are Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC: Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (with glasses, looking downward), Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, and Dr. George E. Mueller (with glasses, looking toward left), Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ. Former Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. is standing behind Mr. Low (40024). |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
| Description |
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission (40022,40023), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. Identifiable in picture, starting in foreground, are Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC: Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (with glasses, looking downward), Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, and Dr. George E. Mueller (with glasses, looking toward left), Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ. Former Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. is standing behind Mr. Low (40024). |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
| Description |
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission (40022,40023), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. Identifiable in picture, starting in foreground, are Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC: Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director of Flight Operations, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (with glasses, looking downward), Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, and Dr. George E. Mueller (with glasses, looking toward left), Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ. Former Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. is standing behind Mr. Low (40024). |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
| Description |
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), at the conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The television monitor shows President Richard M. Nixon greeting the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet in the Pacific recovery area (40301), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. From left foreground Dr. Maxime A. Faget, MSC Director of Engineering and Development, George S. Trimble, MSC Deputy Director, Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director fo Flight Operations, Julian Scheer (in back), Assistant Adminstrator, Offic of Public Affairs, NASA HQ., George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, and Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ (40302). |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center celebrating conclusion of Apollo 11 mission |
| Description |
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), at the conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The television monitor shows President Richard M. Nixon greeting the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet in the Pacific recovery area (40301), NASA and MSC Officials join the flight controllers in celebrating the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission. From left foreground Dr. Maxime A. Faget, MSC Director of Engineering and Development, George S. Trimble, MSC Deputy Director, Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Director fo Flight Operations, Julian Scheer (in back), Assistant Adminstrator, Offic of Public Affairs, NASA HQ., George M. Low, Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, MSC Director, and Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA HQ (40302). |
| Date Taken |
1969-07-24 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure |
| Description |
A group of flight controllers gather around the console of Glynn S. Lunney (seated, nearest camera), Shift 4 Flight Director, in the Mission Operations Control Room of Mission Control Center (MCC). Their attention is drawn to a weather map of the proposed landing site in the South Pacific. Among those looking on is Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (standing, in black suit, right). When this photograph was taken, the Apollo 13 lunar landing had been cancelled, and the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home. |
| Date Taken |
1970-04-15 |
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NASA Officials in MCC to dec
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| Title |
NASA Officials in MCC to decide whether to land Apollo 16 or cancel landing |
| Description |
NASA Officials gather around a console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) prior to the making of a decision whether to land Apollo 16 on the moon or to abort the landing. Seated, left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt (USAF), Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, MSC, and standing, left to right, are Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office Manned Space Flight (OMSF), NASA HQ., Capt. John K. Holcolmb (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Director of Apollo Operations, OMSF, Sigurd A. Sjoberg, Deputy Director, MSC, Capt. Chester M. Lee (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Apollo Mission Director, OMSF, Dale D. Myers, NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, and Dr. George M. Low, NASA Deputy Administrator. |
| Date Taken |
1972-04-20 |
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Skylab flight controllers an
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| Title |
Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials in Mission Control Center |
| Description |
A group of key Skylab flight controllers and JSC Officials cluster around Flight Director Donald R. Puddy's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during consideration of the problem of the undeployed solar panels on the Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (wearing coat), JSC Director, is standing behind Puddy. |
| Date Taken |
1973-05-14 |
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Dr. Christopher Kraft looks
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| Title |
Dr. Christopher Kraft looks over packaged "parasol" in bldg 10 |
| Description |
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft J. (left), JSC Director, and George A Post, JSC Crew Systems Division, look over the packaged "parasol" during fabrication and checkout of the umbrella-like mechanical device in the Technical Services shop in bldg 10 at JSC. The "parasol" is designed to fit into the T027 experiment photometer canister. The canopy portion of the "parasol" measures 24 feet by 22 feet. The "parasol" is one of several sunscreen possibilities being considered for use in shading the overheated Skylab 1 Orbital Workshop. |
| Date Taken |
1973-05-23 |
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NASA Officials in the MOCR m
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| Title |
NASA Officials in the MOCR monitor problem in Skylab 3 Command Module |
| Description |
After learning of a problem in the Command/Service Module which was used to transport the Skylab 3 crew to the orbiting Skylab space station cluster, NASA Officials held various meetings to discuss the problem. Here, four men monitor the current status of the porblem in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) at JSC. From the left are Gary E. Coen, Guidance and Navigation System flight controller, Howard W. Tindall Jr., Director of Flight Operations at JSC, Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., JSC Director, and Sigurd A. Sjorberg, JSC Deputy Director. |
| Date Taken |
1973-08-02 |
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Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted
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| Title |
Skylab 3 crewmembers greeted on return to Ellington Air Force Base |
| Description |
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., center, shakes hands with Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, during welcome ceremonies following crew arrival at Ellington Air Force Base. The crewmen greet their wives after spending 59.5 days in the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit. From left to right are Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriot, science pilot, Mrs. Garriott, Dr. Donald K. Slyaton, Director of Flight Crew Operations at JSC, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut Alan L. Bean, commander, Mrs. Bean, and the Lousmas. The group stands in front of the VC-140 (Jet Star) which flew the crewmen from San Diego to Ellington Air Force Base. |
| Date Taken |
1973-09-27 |
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Flight Operations Director's
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| Title |
Flight Operations Director's console in Mission Control during Skylab 4 |
| Description |
An overall view of the Flight Operations Director's console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC during the launch of the Skylab 4 mission. The television monitor records the progress of the flight seconds after liftoff. Left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., JSC Director, Howard W. Tindall Jr., JSC Director of Flight Operations, and Flight Director M.P. Frank. Public Affairs commentator John E. McLeish can be seen at the PAO console in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1973-11-16 |
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return t
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| Title |
Apollo ASTP crewmen return to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas |
| Description |
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (second from left), JSC Director, chats with the three ASTP crewmen on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base after their arrival home from the Pacific recovery area. The six men are, left to right, Col. Donald Robinson, EAFB commander, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut John W. Young, Chief of the Astronaut office at JSC, Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the crew, Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the crew, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, crew commander. This picture was taken prior to the Official welcoming ceremonies (30109), Dr. Glynn S. Lunney (at microphone), American Technical Director of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, praises the three ASTP crewmen during welcoming home ceremonies at Ellington. The seven persons behind Lunney are, left to right, Dr. Kraft, Mrs Vance D. Brand, Astronaut Brand, Mrs. Donald K. Slayton, Astronaut Slayton, Astronaut Stafford, and Mrs. Thomas P. Stafford. Medical treatment in Hawaii delayed the ret |
| Date Taken |
1975-08-10 |
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Apollo ASTP crewmen return t
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| Title |
Apollo ASTP crewmen return to Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas |
| Description |
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (second from left), JSC Director, chats with the three ASTP crewmen on the runway at Ellington Air Force Base after their arrival home from the Pacific recovery area. The six men are, left to right, Col. Donald Robinson, EAFB commander, Dr. Kraft, Astronaut John W. Young, Chief of the Astronaut office at JSC, Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the crew, Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the crew, and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, crew commander. This picture was taken prior to the Official welcoming ceremonies (30109), Dr. Glynn S. Lunney (at microphone), American Technical Director of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, praises the three ASTP crewmen during welcoming home ceremonies at Ellington. The seven persons behind Lunney are, left to right, Dr. Kraft, Mrs Vance D. Brand, Astronaut Brand, Mrs. Donald K. Slayton, Astronaut Slayton, Astronaut Stafford, and Mrs. Thomas P. Stafford. Medical treatment in Hawaii delayed the ret |
| Date Taken |
1975-08-10 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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Documentary views of Flight
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| Title |
Documentary views of Flight Director and Controller activity during STS-2 |
| Description |
Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Deputy Director of the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) following the launch of Columbia STS-2 mission (39431), wide view of overall activity in the MOCR on Nov. 12, 1981. The two consoles in the foreground are EGIL (Electric Power Instrumentation and Light Systems Engineer) and EECOM (Environmental Consumable and Mechanical Systems Engineer) (39432), Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson monitors data displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) at his console in the the MOCR (39433), Astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and Terry J. Hart, seated right, are both at the spacecraft communicators console (CAPCOM). Behind them is Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for STS-1 (39434). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-12 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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Documentary views of Flight
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| Title |
Documentary views of Flight Director and Controller activity during STS-2 |
| Description |
Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Deputy Director of the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) following the launch of Columbia STS-2 mission (39431), wide view of overall activity in the MOCR on Nov. 12, 1981. The two consoles in the foreground are EGIL (Electric Power Instrumentation and Light Systems Engineer) and EECOM (Environmental Consumable and Mechanical Systems Engineer) (39432), Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson monitors data displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) at his console in the the MOCR (39433), Astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and Terry J. Hart, seated right, are both at the spacecraft communicators console (CAPCOM). Behind them is Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for STS-1 (39434). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-12 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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MOCR activity during Day One
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| Title |
MOCR activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activity during Day One of the STS-2 mission scrub. Photos include Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, STS-1 pilot, talking with Edgar L. harkelroad of NASA headquarters launch and landing systems group at the NASA-Headquarters console in Mission Control Center while awaiting final word on launch reschedule (39400), Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., far left, discusses launch delay with flight controllers on the first row of consoles in mission operations control room for STS-2 (39401), Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Adminstrator for the NASA, listens to audio feed from the Kennedy Space Center for the latest information on the status of STS-2. Also pictured are John B. MacLeod of the Operational Planning Office in the Space Shuttle Program Office and Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Avionics Systems Office for JSC (39402), Flight Director Neil D. Hutchinson is pictured at his console in Mission Control just prior to an Officia |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-04 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., look toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR. Also present are Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and NASA Administrator James M. Beggs standing left of center. In the foreground, Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy NASA Administrator, briefs Michael Deaver, Special Assistant to President Reagan (39504), President Reagan speaks to the STS-2 crew during the second day of their mission. On hand in MOCR were NASA Administrator James M. Beggs and Deputy Administrator Hans Mark (standing behind the president but mostly out of frame) and Dr. Kraft on the right. Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations can be seen in the background seated at the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) console. Also present is Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, who turned the communications over to Mr. Reagan (39505). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan is briefed by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, who points toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR (39499), President Reagan joking with STS-2 astronauts during space to ground conversation (39500), Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride communicates with the STS-2 crew from the spacecraft communicator console (39501), Charles R. Lewis, bronze team Flight Director, monitors activity from the STS-2 crew. He is seated at the flight director console in MOCR (39502), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC answers a question during a press conference on Nov. 13, 1981. He is flanked by Glynn S. Lunney, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office, JSC, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of JSC (39503). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Views of the STS-2 crew arri
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| Title |
Views of the STS-2 crew arrival at Ellington AFB, and with V.P. George Bush |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard H. Truly share a stand with family and collegues (such as Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director) following their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base from NASA Dryden (39542), A large crowd at Ellington on the evening of Nov. 14, 1981 to greet the STS-2 crew members (39543), Vice President George Bush joins Astronauts Engle, left, and Truly for their first breakfast in Houston following their touchdown (39544,39546), Vice President Bush talks on public address system following breakfast with Engle and Truly. Dr. Kraft stands near the Vice President (39545), Vice President Bush talks with Astronauts Engle, right, and Truly after breakfast at the Gilruth Center. Dr. Kraft is on the far left of the photo (39547). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-15 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan is briefed by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, who points toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR (39499), President Reagan joking with STS-2 astronauts during space to ground conversation (39500), Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride communicates with the STS-2 crew from the spacecraft communicator console (39501), Charles R. Lewis, bronze team Flight Director, monitors activity from the STS-2 crew. He is seated at the flight director console in MOCR (39502), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC answers a question during a press conference on Nov. 13, 1981. He is flanked by Glynn S. Lunney, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office, JSC, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of JSC (39503). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Documentary views of Flight
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| Title |
Documentary views of Flight Director and Controller activity during STS-2 |
| Description |
Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Deputy Director of the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) following the launch of Columbia STS-2 mission (39431), wide view of overall activity in the MOCR on Nov. 12, 1981. The two consoles in the foreground are EGIL (Electric Power Instrumentation and Light Systems Engineer) and EECOM (Environmental Consumable and Mechanical Systems Engineer) (39432), Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson monitors data displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) at his console in the the MOCR (39433), Astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and Terry J. Hart, seated right, are both at the spacecraft communicators console (CAPCOM). Behind them is Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for STS-1 (39434). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-12 |
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Documentary views of Flight
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| Title |
Documentary views of Flight Director and Controller activity during STS-2 |
| Description |
Eugene F. Kranz, left, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Deputy Director of the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), monitor data displayed on the FOD console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) following the launch of Columbia STS-2 mission (39431), wide view of overall activity in the MOCR on Nov. 12, 1981. The two consoles in the foreground are EGIL (Electric Power Instrumentation and Light Systems Engineer) and EECOM (Environmental Consumable and Mechanical Systems Engineer) (39432), Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson monitors data displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) at his console in the the MOCR (39433), Astronauts Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and Terry J. Hart, seated right, are both at the spacecraft communicators console (CAPCOM). Behind them is Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for STS-1 (39434). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-12 |
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Views of the STS-2 crew arri
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| Title |
Views of the STS-2 crew arrival at Ellington AFB, and with V.P. George Bush |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard H. Truly share a stand with family and collegues (such as Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director) following their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base from NASA Dryden (39542), A large crowd at Ellington on the evening of Nov. 14, 1981 to greet the STS-2 crew members (39543), Vice President George Bush joins Astronauts Engle, left, and Truly for their first breakfast in Houston following their touchdown (39544,39546), Vice President Bush talks on public address system following breakfast with Engle and Truly. Dr. Kraft stands near the Vice President (39545), Vice President Bush talks with Astronauts Engle, right, and Truly after breakfast at the Gilruth Center. Dr. Kraft is on the far left of the photo (39547). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-15 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan is briefed by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, who points toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR (39499), President Reagan joking with STS-2 astronauts during space to ground conversation (39500), Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride communicates with the STS-2 crew from the spacecraft communicator console (39501), Charles R. Lewis, bronze team Flight Director, monitors activity from the STS-2 crew. He is seated at the flight director console in MOCR (39502), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC answers a question during a press conference on Nov. 13, 1981. He is flanked by Glynn S. Lunney, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office, JSC, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of JSC (39503). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan is briefed by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, who points toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR (39499), President Reagan joking with STS-2 astronauts during space to ground conversation (39500), Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride communicates with the STS-2 crew from the spacecraft communicator console (39501), Charles R. Lewis, bronze team Flight Director, monitors activity from the STS-2 crew. He is seated at the flight director console in MOCR (39502), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC answers a question during a press conference on Nov. 13, 1981. He is flanked by Glynn S. Lunney, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office, JSC, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of JSC (39503). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., look toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR. Also present are Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, and NASA Administrator James M. Beggs standing left of center. In the foreground, Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy NASA Administrator, briefs Michael Deaver, Special Assistant to President Reagan (39504), President Reagan speaks to the STS-2 crew during the second day of their mission. On hand in MOCR were NASA Administrator James M. Beggs and Deputy Administrator Hans Mark (standing behind the president but mostly out of frame) and Dr. Kraft on the right. Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations can be seen in the background seated at the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) console. Also present is Astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, seated left, who turned the communications over to Mr. Reagan (39505). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. President Ronald Reagan is briefed by Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, who points toward the orbiter spotter on the projection plotter at the front of the MOCR (39499), President Reagan joking with STS-2 astronauts during space to ground conversation (39500), Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride communicates with the STS-2 crew from the spacecraft communicator console (39501), Charles R. Lewis, bronze team Flight Director, monitors activity from the STS-2 crew. He is seated at the flight director console in MOCR (39502), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC answers a question during a press conference on Nov. 13, 1981. He is flanked by Glynn S. Lunney, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office, JSC, and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of JSC (39503). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-13 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room Activities during STS-2 mission |
| Description |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-2 mission. Overall view of the MOCR in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. At far right is Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations. At the flight director console in front of Kranz's FOD console are Flight Directors M.P. Frank, Neil B. Hutchinson and Donald R. Puddy as well as others (39506), Wide-angle view of flight controllers in the MOCR. Clifford E. Charlesworth, JSC Deputy Director, huddles with several flight directors for STS-2 at the flight director console. Kranz, is at far right of frame (39507), Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director, center, celebrates successful flight and landing of STS-2 with a cigar in the MOCR. He is flanked by Dr. Maxime A Faget, left, Director of Engineering and Development, and Thomas L. Moser, of the Structures and Mechanics Division (39508), Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, near right, holds replica of the STS-2 insignia. Insignias on the opposite wall |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-14 |
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Views of the STS-2 crew arri
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| Title |
Views of the STS-2 crew arrival at Ellington AFB, and with V.P. George Bush |
| Description |
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard H. Truly share a stand with family and collegues (such as Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., JSC Director) following their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base from NASA Dryden (39542), A large crowd at Ellington on the evening of Nov. 14, 1981 to greet the STS-2 crew members (39543), Vice President George Bush joins Astronauts Engle, left, and Truly for their first breakfast in Houston following their touchdown (39544,39546), Vice President Bush talks on public address system following breakfast with Engle and Truly. Dr. Kraft stands near the Vice President (39545), Vice President Bush talks with Astronauts Engle, right, and Truly after breakfast at the Gilruth Center. Dr. Kraft is on the far left of the photo (39547). |
| Date Taken |
1981-11-15 |
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