View of the Flight Control Room in the MCC during STS 51-A

51A-90016 (8 Nov 1984) --- J. E. Conner, on duty at the integrated communcations officer console in the second floor Flight Control Room (FCR) of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Mission Control Center (MCC), watches engine ignition of Discovery on a nearby TV monitor. Moments later, the Houston FCR took over control of the scheduled eight day mission 51-A.