The members of the STS-116 Ascent/Entry flight control team and crewmembers pose for a group portrait in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Astronaut Mark L. Polansky (right), commander, and flight director Steve Stich hold the STS-116 mission logo. Crewmembers (front row from the left, wearing red shirts) pictured are astronauts Nicholas J. M. Patrick, Christer Fuglesang representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (behind Polansky), Joan E. Higginbotham, mission specialists; and William (Bill) Oefelein, pilot.
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The members of the STS-116 Ascent/Entry flight control team and crewmembers pose for a group portrait in the Shuttle Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC). Astronaut Mark L. Polansky (right), commander, and flight director Steve Stich hold the STS-116 mission logo. Crewmembers (front row from the left, wearing red shirts) pictured are astronauts Nicholas J. M. Patrick, Christer Fuglesang representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (behind Polansky), Joan E. Higginbotham, mission specialists; and William (Bill) Oefelein, pilot.