JSC2006-E-53281 (7 Dec. 2006) --- Steve Stich, STS-116 ascent flight director, monitors data and video at his console in the space shuttle flight control room within the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center. Flight controllers were anticipating the scheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery several hundred miles away in Florida, but questionable weather conditions later caused postponement of the liftoff until Dec. 9.