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JSC2006-E-39851 (9 Sept. 2006) --- In the Shuttle (White) Flight Control Room of Houston's Mission Control Center, astronaut Dominic A. (Tony) Antonelli (center) and flight director Steve Stich (foreground) discuss launch countdown activities a few hundred miles away in Florida, site of Space Shuttle Atlantis' scheduled STS-115 launch. Antonelli serves as the spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for the ascent and entry phases, and astronaut Kenneth T. Ham (left) focuses on weather data in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) on Sept. 9, 2006 from launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.
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