Image: STS-040 shuttle

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Description: STS-40 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex (LC) pad with its Spacelab Life Sciences 1(SLS-1) payload at 9:24:51 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). OV-102 is almost clear of the launch tower as an exhaust cloud formed by the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings covers the mobile launcher platform. The fixed service structure (FSS) and retracted rotating service structure (RSS) are visible at the bottom of the frame.
Title: STS-040 shuttle
Credit: https://images.nasa.gov/details-s40-s-133.html JSC Digital Image Collection
Author: NASA
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