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Flight controllers monitor data at their consoles in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston’s Mission Control Center (MCC) prior to the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to mark the beginning of the STS-110 mission. At the time this photo was taken Atlantis was about to launch at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Launch time was at 3:44 p.m. (CDT) on April 8, 2002. Once the vehicle cleared the tower in Florida, the Houston-based team of flight controllers took over the ground control of the flight.