As seen from near the rear of the Shuttle (White) Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC), flight directors Norm Knight (left) and Steve Stich monitor conditions a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Discovery's scheduled STS-121 launch. Stich is ascent flight director and Knight serves that position for the Orbit 2 team. The launch of the shuttle was later postponed for 24 hours because of weather.
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As seen from near the rear of the Shuttle (White) Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC), flight directors Norm Knight (left) and Steve Stich monitor conditions a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Discovery's scheduled STS-121 launch. Stich is ascent flight director and Knight serves that position for the Orbit 2 team. The launch of the shuttle was later postponed for 24 hours because of weather.