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STS-1 Team Members Inside Kennedy’s Launch Control Center

The move of space shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A at Launch Complex 39 was monitored by shuttle team members in Kennedy's Launch Control Center Firing Room 1.
The move of space shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A at Launch Complex 39 was monitored by shuttle team members in Kennedy's Launch Control Center Firing Room 1.

The move of space shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A at Launch Complex 39 was monitored by shuttle team members in Kennedy’s Launch Control Center Firing Room 1. The control center was used for Apollo’s missions to the Moon, then outfitted with a sophisticated new launch processing system for the space shuttle era.
Image credit: NASA
Dec. 29, 1980