Shuttle launch director Michael Leinbach applaud the launch team upon the successful launch of space shuttle Atlantis.

In Firing Room 4 of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, shuttle launch director Michael Leinbach, standing, assistant launch director Peter Nickolenko and shuttle Atlantis flow director Angie Brewer, both seated, applaud the launch team upon the successful launch of space shuttle Atlantis.

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