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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1449

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More

MOSC activitiy during STS-4 mission

Wide angle view of flight controllers at work in the JSC mission control center during STS-4. Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC, punches a key on his console in the MOCR during asce More

JSC2002-E-08157 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger (seated), and LeRoy Cain are photographed at the Mission Operation Directorate (MOD) console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Several hundred miles away in Florida, the STS-109 crewmembers were awaiting countdown in the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Columbia on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). As soon as the vehicle cleared the tower in Florida, the Houston-based team of flight controllers took over the ground control of the mission. Rominger is the Deputy Director of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD) and was the STS-109 FCOD management representative in the MCC. Cain was the Weather Flight Director for the mission’s ascent phase, coordinating weather issues for lead Ascent Flight Director John Shannon (out of frame). jsc2002e08157

JSC2002-E-08157 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger (seated), and LeRoy Cain are photographed at the Mission Operation Directorate (MOD) console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston's More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1446

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1447

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1452

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1451

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during the ascent phase. Engineers are continuing to conduct analysis of these and other photos. KSC-06pd1450

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121 on July 4, images from onboard cameras capture very small pieces of external tank foam that were liberated during More