NASA Photo ID: S71-41759           File Name: 10075759.jpg
Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 08/02/71
Title: View of activity in Mission Control Center during Lunar Module liftoff
Description:
A partial view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the 
Mission Control Center during the liftoff of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module 
"Falcon" ascent stage from the lunar surface. An RCA color television
camera  mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle made it possible for people on
Earth to  watch the Lunar Module (LM) launch from the Moon. Seated in the
right  foreground is Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, a spacecraft
communicator. Note  liftoff on the television monitor in the center
background.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 15 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CONSOLES                                
FLIGHT CONTROL                          
GROUND BASED CONTROL                    
INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER       
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
LUNAR SURFACE                           
PERSONNEL                               
TELEVISION TRANSMISSION                 
TEXAS                                   

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