1. The Action Room at the OCC
Fred Wojtalik and Jean Oliver in the Action Room, at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, after the third burn of the Integral Propulsion System (IPS).
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2. The Action Room at the OCC
Fred Wojtalik, Jean Oliver and Harvey Tananbaum in the Action Room, at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, after the third burn of the Integral Propulsion System (IPS).
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3. The Action Room at the OCC
[Left to right:] Jean Oliver, Claude Canizares, Steve Murray, Harvey Tananbaum, John McDougal and Ralph Schilling follow the third burn of the Integral Propulsion System (IPS) on monitors in the Action Room, at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA.
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4. The Action Room at the OCC
Fred Wojtalik and Dave Schultz in the Action Room, at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, just before the third burn of the Integral Propulsion System (IPS).
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5. Holding Their Breath at the OCC
Members of the Chandra X-ray Observatory management team, at the Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, watch with anticipation as data indicates the status of the first firing of the observatory's own rocket engines. The successful burn was the first of five that will boost the world's most powerful X-ray telescope to its operating orbit. Chandra's management and control team includes members from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL; TRW Space and Electronics Group (now NGST), Redondo Beach, CA; and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge. The observatory was deployed from the Space Shuttle Columbia Friday morning.
(Photo: NASA/D.Drachlis)

6. OCC at Liftoff
Assistant Flight Director Gwen Artis, (from right), and Flight Directors Lewis Wooten and Steve Terry, of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., react to the liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia carrying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, early Friday morning. They are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass., from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled throughout its five year mission of discovery.
(Photo: NASA/D.Drachlis)

7. Monitoring Launch at the OCC
Marshall Center Flight Directors Sam Digesu and Jay Onken (right) monitor Wednesday's STS-93 countdown for launch of the Marshall-managed Chandra X-ray Observatory from their console at the Chandra Operations Control Center in Cambridge, Mass.
(Photo: NASA/D.Drachlis)

8. Monitoring Launch at the OCC (2)
Flight Directors Lewis Wooten (left) and Steve Terry of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., monitor the final minutes of the STS-93 countdown prior to Thursday morning's scrub for inclement weather. Wooten and Terry are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled after launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. (photo: NASA/D.Drachlis)

9. Monitoring Launch at the OCC (3)
Flight Director Steve Terry of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., monitors the final minutes of the STS-93 countdown prior to Thursday morning's scrub for inclement weather. Wooten and Terry are at the Chandra X-ray Observatory Operations Control Center in Cambridge, MA, from where the world's most powerful X-ray observatory will be controlled after launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. (photo: NASA/D.Drachlis)