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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing arrives at the top of the mobile service tower on pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The fairing will encapsulate the Swift spacecraft and protect it while on the launch pad and during ascent. The Boeing Delta rocket is the launch vehicle for Swift and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. KSC-04pd2071

STS-135 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-132 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Twin columns of thrust on last mission of Space Shuttle

STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is lifted toward the upper reaches where it will be moved and lowered into High Bay 1. There it will be attached to the external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters already stacked on the mobile launcher platform. Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A the first week of August to prepare for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle will carry the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module containing life support racks and science racks and the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier in its payload bay. Launch of Discovery is targeted for late August. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2009-4252

STS072-392-018 - STS-072 - Payload bay activity during second EVA of STS-72 mission

Expedition 41 Soyuz Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles into space on twin columns of fire on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, Fine Guidance Sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews KSC-2009-3115

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STS-52 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B

STS-54 Endeavour, OV-105, soars into the morning sky after KSC liftoff

STS-50 Columbia, OV-102, landing with drag chute deploy at KSC SLF runway 33

STS-50 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, clears launch tower after liftoff from KSC LC 39A

STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF

STS-55 Columbia, OV-102, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif

STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into sky after KSC liftoff

STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF

STS-50 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after KSC liftoff

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STS050-S-040 (25 June 1992) --- A low-angle perspective captures the Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifts off on its way toward a scheduled record 13-day mission in Earth-orbit. Liftoff occurred at 12:12:23:0534 p.m. (EDT) on June 25, 1992. The modified Columbia is NASA's first Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO). Five NASA astronauts and two scientists/payload specialists are aboard. The seven will divide into two shifts to support United States Microgravity Laboratory 1 (USML-1) research.

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25/06/1992
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Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Fire Station 2 ,  28.52650, -80.67093
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label_outline Explore Ksc Liftoff, Two Scientists, Exhaust Clouds

STS062-46-003 - STS-062 - Views of external tank after separation from Columbia

STS073-101-017 - STS-073 - CGF, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie working in USML-2 Spacelab

STS073-145-027 - STS-073 - CGF, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Specialist Al Sacco work in Spacelab

S02-500-947 - STS-002 - View of the External Tank after separation from Columbia during the STS-2 mission

S73E5409 - STS-073 - STABLE,Mission Specialist Catherine ''Cady'' Coleman works with experiment

STS096-404-013 - STS-096 - External tanks (ETs) after separation

S35-03-029 - STS-035 - STS-35 PS Parise aims a camera out of a window on OV-102's flight deck

STS078-397-009 - STS-078 - BDPU IFM, Favier and Kregel repair a short in the experiment's wires

STS112-384-013 - STS-112 - External Tank separation

STS51G-05-011 - STS-51G - STS-51G crew activities

STS060-11-021 - STS-060 - STS-60 orbiter Discovery OV-103 external tank separation

STS082-316-024 - STS-082 - External fuel tank falling to Earth.

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