NASA Photo ID: S82-28732          File Name: 10060664.jpg

Film Type: 35mm cnw               Date Taken: 03/23/82

Title: Wide angle view of MOCR activity during STS-3 mission

Description:

Wide angle view of Mission Operation Control Room (MOCR) activity during
Day  2 of STS-3 mission. This view shows many of th consoles, tracking map,
and  Eidophor-controlled data screens. Flight controllers in the foreground
are  (l.r.) R. John Rector and Chares L. Dumie. They are seated at the
EECOM  console. The "thermodillo" contraption, used by flight controllers
to  indicate the Shuttle's position in relation to the sun for various
tests, can  be seen at right (28732); closeup view of the "thermodillo".
The position of  the armadillo's tail indicates position of the orbiter in
relation to sun  (28733); Mission Specialist/Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-3
orbit team  spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM), talks to flight director
during mission  control center activity. Mission Specialist/Astronaut
George D. Nelson,  backup orbit team CAPCOM, watches the monitor at his
console (28734).