In the Shuttle (White) Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center, flight directors Steve Stich (right) and Norm Knight (center) monitor launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-115 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) on Sept. 9, 2006 from launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.
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In the Shuttle (White) Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center, flight directors Steve Stich (right) and Norm Knight (center) monitor launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-115 launch. Liftoff occurred at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) on Sept. 9, 2006 from launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.