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Date Created: 1972-04-16 S72-35188 (16 April 1972) --- Flight director Eugene F. Kranz is seated at his console in the mission operations control room in the Manned Spacecraft Center's Mission Control Center on the morning of the launch of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. Partially visible in the background is flight director Gerald D. Griffin.
Photo credit: NASA
Date Created: 1969-07-20 S69-39817 (20 July 1969) --- Interior view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Building 30, during the Apollo 11 lunar extravehicular activity (EVA). The television monitor shows astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on the surface of the moon.
Photo credit: NASA
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Flight controllers in Historic Mission Control didn’t have the touch screen technologies that are prevalent today. They utilized notification panels like this to help track the information relayed from space to Earth. After decades of use, the buttons have gone missing or have become faded, the paint has become chipped and scratched and the monitor has become discolored. Photo credit: Space Center Houston
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