| Johnson Space Center
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Mission Control Center Mission Control Center in Houston monitors space flight activity 24 hours a day during shuttle missions. The Mission Control Center's focal town is the Flight control Room, or FCR (pronounced "Ficker").
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Apollo-era Mission Control Center
The Mission Control Center portrayed in the movie "Apollo 13" and utilized for Apollo 11 has been designated the "National Historic Landmark Apollo Mission Control Center." The center was also used for Gemini, Skylab and shuttle missions and was officially retired in January 1996.
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| Kennedy Space Center
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Crowd watches Glenn's return
A crowd gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center watches Discovery approach the runway.
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Launch site Shuttle launch countdown clock and Vehicle Assembly Building, two days prior to launch of STS-95 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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Shuttle launch
This interactive image was shot at Banana Creek viewing site - 3 kilometers from the launch. (November 19, 1997 -- STS-87 Columbia)
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Greeting card for Discovery
Kennedy Space Center visitors sign a giant card to be presented to the astronauts after the mission
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"Space Shop"
Tourists scramble to buy Glenn-related souvenirs at Kennedy Space Center's "Space Shop."
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| Shuttle Views
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Shuttle payload bay
A full-scale mockup of a shuttle payload bay in the training facility at Johnson Space Center.
Launch 360° view from the thrusters
Launch 360° view from the air lock
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Cockpit
The equipment panels help determine, control, and monitor the shuttle's functionality. (From training module at Johnson Space Center, Houston)
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Mid deck
The Mid Deck contains a bulkhead of storage lockers for equipment and supplies. (From training module at Johnson Space Center, Houston)
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| Shuttle Launch Preparation
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Vehicle Assembly Building
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC.
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Spacecraft tracker
The Crawler/Tracker transports spacecraft to the launch pad with a mileage of 500 gallons of diesel gas to the mile
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| Space Models
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Saturn IB
The Saturn IB rocket was first used to send the crew of Apollo VII on a 260-hour Earth-orbital mission and was later used in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
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Mercury-Atlas model
Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle, 29 meters (95.4 feet) high and 3 meters (10 feet) in diameter, at the KSC Visitors' Center "Rocket Garden"
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Shuttle booster rocket replica
A replica of a shuttle's solid rocket boosters on display at Kennedy Space Center, standing 149.1 feet high and 12.2 feet in diameter. Each weighs 1,300,000 pounds
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Explorer shuttle replica
A replica of the Explorer shuttle orbiter stands in KSC's visitor center at 122 feet in length with a wingspan of 78.1 feet.
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| Behind the scenes
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CNN anchor set at JSC
In the training facility at Johnson Space Center, CNN's Miles O'Brien (left), Walter Cronkite (center) and Cronkite's long-time producer Sandy Socolow (right) discuss coverage just after a live interview with Discovery crew members. Opposite is a monitor showing Glenn and Cmdr. Curtis Brown aboard the shuttle.
Photo gallery: Media gather at launch site
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