NASA Photo ID: S82-39644          File Name: 10060938.jpg

Film Type: 35mm b&w               Date Taken: 11/13/82

Title: STS-5 activities in the MOCR

Description:

STS-5 activities in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in Mission 
Control. Robin Gubby (right) and Ray Miles of Telesat Canada look over the 
flight plan and view a monitor at console in the MOCR. The STS-5 crew was 
working on the pre-deploy preparations for the ANIK C-3 satellite being 
placed in space for Telsat Canada (39642); Anticipation on the faces of the 
personnel at the payloads console in the MOCR as they wait for the 
deployment of the ANIK C-3 satellite. Pictured, left to right, are Miles
and  Gubby of Telesat Canada and Bernie Bienstock of Hughes Aircraft
Company's  Space and Communications Group, builders of the satellite
(39643); Flight  Director John T. Cox (center at right corner) watches
television from space  on a large screen in the front of the MOCR. The TV
image shows the ANIK C-3  satellite spinning in its protective cradle in
the Columbia's open cargo bay.  Astronaut Michael L. Coats, right edge, one
of the spacecraft communicators  (CAPCOM) for STS-5, also watches (39644).