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STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Hurtling away from the clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles into the cloud-streaked sky on mission STS-122 to the International Space Station. Liftoff was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. The launch is the third attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the laboratory to the Harmony module, adding to the station's size and capabilities. Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Tony Gray, Robert Murray KSC-08pd0212
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Viewed from a nearby vantage point, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the cloud-scattered sky trailing fire and smoke from the Atlas V rocket that propels it. Liftoff was on time at 2 p.m. EST from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This was the third launch attempt in as many days after scrubs due to weather concerns. The compact, 1,050-pound piano-sized probe will get a boost from a kick-stage solid propellant motor for its journey to Pluto. New Horizons will be the fastest spacecraft ever launched, reaching lunar orbit distance in just nine hours and passing Jupiter 13 months later. The New Horizons science payload, developed under direction of Southwest Research Institute, includes imaging infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers, a multi-color camera, a long-range telescopic camera, two particle spectrometers, a space-dust detector and a radio science experiment. The dust counter was designed and built by students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The launch at this time allows New Horizons to fly past Jupiter in early 2007 and use the planet’s gravity as a slingshot toward Pluto. The Jupiter flyby trims the trip to Pluto by as many as five years and provides opportunities to test the spacecraft’s instruments and flyby capabilities on the Jupiter system. New Horizons could reach the Pluto system as early as mid-2015, conducting a five-month-long study possible only from the close-up vantage of a spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-06pd0088
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The light-filled clouds of smoke and steam spotlight space shuttle Endeavour as it lifts off on the STS-126 mission from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff was on time at 7:55 p.m. EST. STS-126 is the 124th space shuttle flight and the 27th flight to the International Space Station. The mission will feature four spacewalks and work that will prepare the space station to house six crew members for long-duration missions. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray-Tom Farrar KSC-08pd3709
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STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-116 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Summary
Description: SEQUENTIAL STILL COVERAGE OF LIFTOFF. FRAME VEHICLE AND LAUNCHER PLUS ONE VEHICLE LENGTH. OUTLYING DIGITAL ITEM.
Item: DD001-39B
Date Taken: 12/9/2006
Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS116 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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sts 116 discovery
nasa
launch and landing
high resolution
outlying digital item
one vehicle length
digital stills sts 116
frame vehicle
item
space program
Date
25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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