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General Description: 
STS-111 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Description: 
JSC2002-E-23114 (5 June 2002) --- From left to right, Robert Gest with United Space Alliance (USA); astronaut Kent V. Rominger, deputy director of Flight Crew Operations; and Robert Castle of Flight Directors Office watch the monitor at the MOD console in the shuttle flight control room (WFCR) in Houston?s Mission Control Center (MCC) during the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch occurred at 5:23 p.m. (EDT) on June 5, 2002. Once the vehicle cleared the tower in Florida, the Houston-based team of flight controllers took over the ground control of the flight.
image id: 
Photo-jsc2002e23114
facet_what: 
Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where: 
Florida
facet_where: 
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when: 
June 2002
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June 5, 2002
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2002
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2002e23114
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-111/html/jsc2002e23114.html