Bob Cabana in the foreground watches the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from the Operations Management Room in Kennedy's Launch Control Center.

Bob Cabana, in the foreground, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, watches the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from the Operations Management Room, a glass partitioned area overlooking the main floor of Firing Room 4, in Kennedy's Launch Control Center.

Liftoff of Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett