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S81-30386 (14 April 1981) --- Flight director Charles R. Lewis, left, studies a chart display on his console's monitor in the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. The photograph was taken just prior to a TV transmission on day two of STS-1, with a special wide-angle lens. Astronauts Joe H. Engle (second from right) and Richard H. Truly, right, are backup commander and pilot, respectively, for NASA's first space shuttle orbital test mission. Astronaut James F. Buchli, spacecraft communicator, is at right center.