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Mission Control Celebrates
Three of the four Apollo 13
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8/1/08
| 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. |
| Date |
8/1/08 |
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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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Mission Operations Control R
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Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice President George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Others in the scene are, left to right, JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, CAPCOM, Eugene F. Kranz, Mission Operations Director, NASA Administrator James Beggs and Flight Director Gary E. Coen. |
| Date |
04.09.1983 |
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Views of the Mission Operati
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| Title |
Views of the Mission Operations Control room (MOCR) during STS-5 |
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Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, and Daniel M. Germany, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Project Office, monitor activity from STS-5 in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Project Office, can be seen at left background (27153), Gerald D. Griffin, JSC Director, stands near the flight director console in the MOCR. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, STS-5 spacecraft communicator, mans the CAPCOM console at left. Others in the background include M.P. Frank, Chief of the Flight Operations Integration Office (back row), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Tommy W. Holloway, flight director (right of Griffin) (27154), Flight directors during STS-5 posed at the flight directors console are from left to right: Lawrence S. Bourgeois, Brock R. Stone, Jay H. Greene, Tommy W. Holloway, John T. Cox and Gary E. Coen. Other flight controllers are pictured in the background of the MOCR (27155). |
| Date |
02.16.1983 |
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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return |
| Description |
Overall view showing some of the activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Here, flight controllers and several NASA/MSC Officials confer at the flight director's console. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had been cancelled and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home (35368), Discussion in the MOCR dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during their final day in space. From left to right are Glynn S. Lunney, Shift 4 Flight Director, Gerald D. Griffin, SHift 2 Flight Director, Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Manager, APollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, MSC, and Dr. Willard R. Hawkins, M.D., Shift 1 Flight Surgeon (35369). |
| Date Taken |
1970-04-16 |
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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 |
Two phases of busy activity during critical moments of the Apollo 13 mission are reflected in this view in the Mission Control Center (MCC), bldg 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MCC). In the foreground, Henry Simmons (left) of Newsweek magazine and John E. Riley, Public Information Specialist, Public Affairs Office, MCC, man their positions in the Press Room. At extreme left of photo, Gerald D. Griffin, Shift 2 Flight Director, talks on telephone in Mission Operations Control Room. 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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View of Mission Control Cent
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| Title |
View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 emergency return |
| Description |
Overall view showing some of the activity in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the final 24 hours of the Apollo 13 mission. Here, flight controllers and several NASA/MSC Officials confer at the flight director's console. When this picture was made, the Apollo 13 moon landing had been cancelled and the Apollo 13 crewmen were in transearth trajectory attempting to bring their crippled spacecraft back home (35368), Discussion in the MOCR dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during their final day in space. From left to right are Glynn S. Lunney, Shift 4 Flight Director, Gerald D. Griffin, SHift 2 Flight Director, Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Manager, APollo Spacecraft Program, MSC, Dr. Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations, MSC, and Dr. Willard R. Hawkins, M.D., Shift 1 Flight Surgeon (35369). |
| Date Taken |
1970-04-16 |
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President Richard Nixon visi
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| Title |
President Richard Nixon visits MSC to award Apollo 13 Mission Operations team |
| Description |
President Richard M. Nixon introduces Sigurd A. Sjoberg (far right), Director of Flight Operations at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors during the Presidnet's post-mission visit to MSC. The Flight Directors are (l.-r.) Glynn S. Lunney, Eugene A. Kranz, Gerald D. Griffin and Milton L. Windler. Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, is seated at left. President Nixon was on the site to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team (35600), A wide-angle, overall view of the large crowd that was on hand to see President Richard M. Nixon present the Presidnetial Medal of Freedom to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team. A temporary speaker's platform was erected beside bldg 1 for the occasion (35601). |
| Date Taken |
1970-04-17 |
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President Richard Nixon visi
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| Title |
President Richard Nixon visits MSC to award Apollo 13 Mission Operations team |
| Description |
President Richard M. Nixon introduces Sigurd A. Sjoberg (far right), Director of Flight Operations at Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors during the Presidnet's post-mission visit to MSC. The Flight Directors are (l.-r.) Glynn S. Lunney, Eugene A. Kranz, Gerald D. Griffin and Milton L. Windler. Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, is seated at left. President Nixon was on the site to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team (35600), A wide-angle, overall view of the large crowd that was on hand to see President Richard M. Nixon present the Presidnetial Medal of Freedom to the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team. A temporary speaker's platform was erected beside bldg 1 for the occasion (35601). |
| Date Taken |
1970-04-17 |
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Activity in the Mission Cont
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Activity in the Mission Control Center during Apollo 14 |
| Description |
Two individuals are examining a seismic reading in the Mission Control Center's Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) Room during the Apollo 14 S-IVB impact on the moon. Dr. Maurice Ewing (left) is the Director of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory at Columbia University. David Lammlein, a Columbia graduate student, is on the right (17609), Partial view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the time the Apollo 14 S-IVB stage impacted on the lunar surface. The flight director's console in in the foregroune. Eugene F. Kranz, Chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Flight Control Division, is in the right foreground. Seated at the console is Glynn S. Lunney, Head of the Flight Directors Office, Flight Control Division. Facing the camera is Gerald D. Griffin, Flight Director of the Third (Gold) team (17610). |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-04 |
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Activity in the Mission Cont
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| Title |
Activity in the Mission Control Center during Apollo 14 |
| Description |
Two individuals are examining a seismic reading in the Mission Control Center's Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) Room during the Apollo 14 S-IVB impact on the moon. Dr. Maurice Ewing (left) is the Director of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory at Columbia University. David Lammlein, a Columbia graduate student, is on the right (17609), Partial view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the time the Apollo 14 S-IVB stage impacted on the lunar surface. The flight director's console in in the foregroune. Eugene F. Kranz, Chief of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Flight Control Division, is in the right foreground. Seated at the console is Glynn S. Lunney, Head of the Flight Directors Office, Flight Control Division. Facing the camera is Gerald D. Griffin, Flight Director of the Third (Gold) team (17610). |
| Date Taken |
1971-02-04 |
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View of activity in Mission
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View of activity in Mission Control Center during Apollo 15 EVA |
| Description |
Gerald D. Griffin, foreground, stands near his console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) during Apollo 15's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3) on the lunar surface. Griffin is Gold Team (Shift 1) flight director for the Apollo 15 mission. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin can be seen on the large screen at the front of the MOCR as they participate in sample-gathering on the lunar surface. |
| Date Taken |
1971-08-02 |
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Apollo 15 news briefing
| Title |
Apollo 15 news briefing |
| Description |
Newsmen put questions to Gerald D. Griffin, left at lecturn, a flight director for the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, during a change of shift briefing in the Small Briefing Room in bldg 1 at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Representing Public Affairs Office at the briefing is Terry White, right at lectern. |
| Date Taken |
1971-07-29 |
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Flight Director Eugene Kranz
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Flight Director Eugene Kranz in Mission Control during Apollo 16 launch |
| Description |
Flight Director Eugene F. Kranz is seated at his console in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center on the morning of the launch of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. Partially visible in the background is Flight Director Gerald D. Griffin. |
| Date Taken |
1972-04-16 |
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View of activity in the Miss
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| Title |
View of activity in the Mission Control Center during STS 41-D |
| Description |
This view was captured just after shutdown of engines on the Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) cancelled the scheduled launch. Eugene F. Kranz, director of mission operations, watches a TV monitor on his console, while Gerald D. Griffin, JSC director, talks on telephones in background. |
| Date Taken |
1984-06-26 |
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Activities in the MOCR durin
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Activities in the MOCR during STS-5 mission |
| Description |
Activities in the mission operations control room (MOCR) during STS-5 mission. Ground controllers discuss the problems of a scheduled extravehicular activity (EVA). JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin discusses the status of the planned EVA on a telephone in the mission operations control room (MOCR). Eugene F. Kranz, right, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, examines data at the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) console. |
| Date Taken |
1982-11-15 |
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Activities in the MOCR last
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| Title |
Activities in the MOCR last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission |
| Description |
Activities in the mission operations control room (MOCR) during the last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission. The former and present director of JSC share congratulations at the successful landing of the STS-5 mission. The two men are former Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., left, and Gerald D. Griffin, present director. Most of the men to serve the STS-5 mission as flight directors are in the background (39787), Director Griffin applauds the successful completion of the STS-5 mission near the Flight Director's console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) at JSC's mission control center. Personnel from the spacecraft communicators console, flight operations directorate and other stations in the MOCR are seen celebrating in the background (39788), Spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) in the MOCR view landing of the Columbia on a large screen. Seated at the CAPCOM console is Astronaut Robert L. Stewart. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges is standing (39789). |
| Date Taken |
1982-11-16 |
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Activities in the MOCR last
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| Title |
Activities in the MOCR last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission |
| Description |
Activities in the mission operations control room (MOCR) during the last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission. The former and present director of JSC share congratulations at the successful landing of the STS-5 mission. The two men are former Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., left, and Gerald D. Griffin, present director. Most of the men to serve the STS-5 mission as flight directors are in the background (39787), Director Griffin applauds the successful completion of the STS-5 mission near the Flight Director's console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) at JSC's mission control center. Personnel from the spacecraft communicators console, flight operations directorate and other stations in the MOCR are seen celebrating in the background (39788), Spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) in the MOCR view landing of the Columbia on a large screen. Seated at the CAPCOM console is Astronaut Robert L. Stewart. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges is standing (39789). |
| Date Taken |
1982-11-16 |
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Activities in the MOCR last
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| Title |
Activities in the MOCR last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission |
| Description |
Activities in the mission operations control room (MOCR) during the last day after the landing of the STS-5 mission. The former and present director of JSC share congratulations at the successful landing of the STS-5 mission. The two men are former Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., left, and Gerald D. Griffin, present director. Most of the men to serve the STS-5 mission as flight directors are in the background (39787), Director Griffin applauds the successful completion of the STS-5 mission near the Flight Director's console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) at JSC's mission control center. Personnel from the spacecraft communicators console, flight operations directorate and other stations in the MOCR are seen celebrating in the background (39788), Spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) in the MOCR view landing of the Columbia on a large screen. Seated at the CAPCOM console is Astronaut Robert L. Stewart. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges is standing (39789). |
| Date Taken |
1982-11-16 |
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Views of the Mission Operati
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| Title |
Views of the Mission Operations Control room (MOCR) during STS-5 |
| Description |
Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, and Daniel M. Germany, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Project Office, monitor activity from STS-5 in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Project Office, can be seen at left background (27153), Gerald D. Griffin, JSC Director, stands near the flight director console in the MOCR. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, STS-5 spacecraft communicator, mans the CAPCOM console at left. Others in the background include M.P. Frank, Chief of the Flight Operations Integration Office (back row), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Tommy W. Holloway, flight director (right of Griffin) (27154), Flight directors during STS-5 posed at the flight directors console are from left to right: Lawrence S. Bourgeois, Brock R. Stone, Jay H. Greene, Tommy W. Holloway, John T. Cox and Gary E. Coen. Other flight controllers are pictured in the background of the MOCR (27155). |
| Date Taken |
1983-02-16 |
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Views of the Mission Operati
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| Title |
Views of the Mission Operations Control room (MOCR) during STS-5 |
| Description |
Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, and Daniel M. Germany, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Project Office, monitor activity from STS-5 in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Project Office, can be seen at left background (27153), Gerald D. Griffin, JSC Director, stands near the flight director console in the MOCR. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, STS-5 spacecraft communicator, mans the CAPCOM console at left. Others in the background include M.P. Frank, Chief of the Flight Operations Integration Office (back row), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Tommy W. Holloway, flight director (right of Griffin) (27154), Flight directors during STS-5 posed at the flight directors console are from left to right: Lawrence S. Bourgeois, Brock R. Stone, Jay H. Greene, Tommy W. Holloway, John T. Cox and Gary E. Coen. Other flight controllers are pictured in the background of the MOCR (27155). |
| Date Taken |
1983-02-16 |
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Views of the Mission Operati
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| Title |
Views of the Mission Operations Control room (MOCR) during STS-5 |
| Description |
Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, and Daniel M. Germany, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Project Office, monitor activity from STS-5 in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Project Office, can be seen at left background (27153), Gerald D. Griffin, JSC Director, stands near the flight director console in the MOCR. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, STS-5 spacecraft communicator, mans the CAPCOM console at left. Others in the background include M.P. Frank, Chief of the Flight Operations Integration Office (back row), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Tommy W. Holloway, flight director (right of Griffin) (27154), Flight directors during STS-5 posed at the flight directors console are from left to right: Lawrence S. Bourgeois, Brock R. Stone, Jay H. Greene, Tommy W. Holloway, John T. Cox and Gary E. Coen. Other flight controllers are pictured in the background of the MOCR (27155). |
| Date Taken |
1983-02-16 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice president George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, left, is one of the CAPCOM personnel on duty (30190,30192), Vice president Bush recieves instructions from Bridges at the CAPCOM console prior to talking to the STS-6 crew. The two are flanked by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, left, and NASA Administrator James Beggs. Mission Operations Director Eugene F. Kranz is in center background (30191), Vice President Bush, left, is briefed by JSC Director Griffin, right, during a visit to the MOCR. NASA Administrator Beggs, center, accompanied the Vice President on his visit (30193). |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-09 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
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Vice president George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, left, is one of the CAPCOM personnel on duty (30190,30192), Vice president Bush recieves instructions from Bridges at the CAPCOM console prior to talking to the STS-6 crew. The two are flanked by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, left, and NASA Administrator James Beggs. Mission Operations Director Eugene F. Kranz is in center background (30191), Vice President Bush, left, is briefed by JSC Director Griffin, right, during a visit to the MOCR. NASA Administrator Beggs, center, accompanied the Vice President on his visit (30193). |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-09 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice president George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, left, is one of the CAPCOM personnel on duty (30190,30192), Vice president Bush recieves instructions from Bridges at the CAPCOM console prior to talking to the STS-6 crew. The two are flanked by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, left, and NASA Administrator James Beggs. Mission Operations Director Eugene F. Kranz is in center background (30191), Vice President Bush, left, is briefed by JSC Director Griffin, right, during a visit to the MOCR. NASA Administrator Beggs, center, accompanied the Vice President on his visit (30193). |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-09 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice president George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, left, is one of the CAPCOM personnel on duty (30190,30192), Vice president Bush recieves instructions from Bridges at the CAPCOM console prior to talking to the STS-6 crew. The two are flanked by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, left, and NASA Administrator James Beggs. Mission Operations Director Eugene F. Kranz is in center background (30191), Vice President Bush, left, is briefed by JSC Director Griffin, right, during a visit to the MOCR. NASA Administrator Beggs, center, accompanied the Vice President on his visit (30193). |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-09 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice President George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Others in the scene are, left to right, JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin, Astronaut Roy D. Bridges, CAPCOM, Eugene F. Kranz, Mission Operations Director, NASA Administrator James Beggs and Flight Director Gary E. Coen. |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-09 |
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STS-6 crew arrival at Elling
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| Title |
STS-6 crew arrival at Ellington Air Force Base at end of mission |
| Description |
STS-6 crew arrival at Ellington Air Force Base at end of mission. The crew, their families and JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin greet well wishers from atop a band stand. |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-18 |
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Mission Operations Control R
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| Title |
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during STS-6 mission |
| Description |
Vice President George Bush talks to the STS-6 astronauts from the spacecraft communicators (CAPCOM) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Astronauts Bryan D. O'Connor, second left and Roy D. Bridges, center, are the on-duty CAPCOMS. Standing near the console are (left) JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin and NASA Administrator James Beggs. Eugene F. Kranz, Director of Mission Operations, is at the back console near the glass. |
| Date Taken |
1983-04-10 |
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View of the STS-7 crew in fr
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View of the STS-7 crew in front of bldg 1 after return from KSC |
| Description |
View of the STS-7 crew in front of bldg 1 after return from the Kennedy Space Center. They are greeted by JSC Director Gerald D. Griffin. |
| Date Taken |
1983-06-25 |
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