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The seating assignments in the Firing Room change according to the launch vehicle. For example, the seating arrangement for a launch using a Pegasus launch vehicle may be different from the seating arrangement for a launch using a Delta II or Atlas V vehicle.
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| The launch team members assemble at their computer and communication consoles in the Launch Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station about three to four hours before the launch.
The NASA launch manager is the highest authority during the launch of the mission and provides NASA's "Go/No-Go" decision to the mission director.
Before liftoff, the launch manager checks with the launch team to make sure all the criteria are met and that the payload and Lockheed Martin Atlas V vehicle are ready to go.
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Video note: This video is a general overview of the final minutes leading up to launch and is not connected to this particular mission.
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| Omar Baez, Jr.
NASA Launch Manager
Omar Baez, Jr. is the NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Director at the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
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| James Wood
NASA Chief Engineer
James Wood is the NASA Launch Services Program Senior Chief Engineer at Kennedy Space Center.
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| Mike Stelzer
Mission Integration Manager
Mike Stelzer is the Launch Services Program Mission Integration Manager (MIM) at Kennedy Space Center.
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| Bert Garrido
Safety & Mission Assurance Manager
Humberto "Bert" T. Garrido is Deputy Director of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at Kennedy Space Center.
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| Glen Fountain
Project Manager
Glen Fountain is the Project Manager for the New Horizons' mission at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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| Joseph J. Lackovich, Jr.
NASA Advisory Manager
Joe Lackovich currently serves as Chief of the Program Planning Office of the Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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