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==Flow directors== The Flow Director was responsible for the overall preparation of the shuttle for launch and processing it after landing, and remained permanently assigned to head the spacecraft's ground crew while the astronaut flight crews changed for every mission. Each shuttle's Flow Director was supported by a Vehicle Manager for the same spacecraft. Space Shuttle ''Discovery'''s Flow Directors were: * Until 01/1991: John J. "Tip" Talone Jr. (afterwards Flow Director for ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]]'')<ref name="science.ksc.nasa.gov">{{cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/status/r5-91.ksc|title=KSC Names Two Space Shuttle Flow Directors|id=KSC Release No. 5-91|date=January 8, 1991|last1=Malone|first1=Lisa|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=January 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101160554/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/status/r5-91.ksc|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 01/1991 β 09/1992: John C. "Chris" Fairey<ref name="science.ksc.nasa.gov"/> * 09/1992 β 10/1996: [[David A. King (engineer)|David A. King]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/1992/65-92_prt.htm|title=NASA β KSC Names David King as Shuttle Discovery's Flow Director|website=www.nasa.gov|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927080743/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/1992/65-92_prt.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * 10/1996 β 05/2000: W. Scott Cilento<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/1996/120-96.htm |title=KSC Release No. 120-96 |access-date=September 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221130111/http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/1996/120-96.htm |archive-date=February 21, 2013 }}</ref> * 12/2000 β 03/2011: Stephanie S. Stilson<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/stilson.html|title=Kennedy Biographies|first=Kay Grinter|last=KSC|work=NASA |date=June 6, 2013|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124013537/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/stilson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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