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JSC2008-E-043201 (31 May 2008) --- Norm Knight (left), STS-124 ascent flight director, passes on a request to astronaut Terry Virts who communicates with the Space Shuttle Discovery crew from the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the Space Shuttle Flight Control Room, part of Houston's Mission Control Center. Several hundred miles away in Florida, the Space Shuttle Discovery crew was getting positioned in the crew cabin of the shuttle on the launch pad, prior to a successful Saturday afternoon launch.
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