NASA Photo ID: S72-37009           File Name: 10075828.jpg
Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 04/20/72
Title: NASA officials in MCC to decide whether to land Apollo 16 or cancel landing
Description:
NASA officials gather around a console in the Mission Operations Control
Room  (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) prior to the making of a
decision  whether to land Apollo 16 on the moon or to abort the landing.
Seated, left  to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Director of the
Manned Spacecraft  Center (MSC), and Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt (USAF),
Manager, Apollo  Spacecraft Program Office, MSC; and standing, left to
right, are Dr. Rocco A.  Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office Manned
Space Flight (OMSF), NASA  HQ.; Capt. John K. Holcolmb (U.S. Navy, Ret.),
Director of Apollo Operations,  OMSF; Sigurd A. Sjoberg, Deputy Director,
MSC; Capt. Chester M. Lee (U.S.  Navy, Ret.), Apollo Mission Director,
OMSF; Dale D. Myers, NASA Associate  Administrator for Manned Space Flight;
and Dr. George M. Low, NASA Deputy  Administrator.           

Subject terms:
ADMINISTRATION                          
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CONSOLES                                
FLIGHT CONTROL                          
GROUND BASED CONTROL                    
INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER       
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER                    
PERSONNEL                               
TEXAS                                   

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