kids encyclopedia robot

Image: STS-85 launch

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image ‎(2,403 × 3,000 pixels, file size: 3.08 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: In this scene moments after ignition at Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the Space Shuttle Discovery heads toward an eleven-day mission in Earth-orbit in support of the STS-85 mission. Launch occurred at 10:41 a.m. (EDT), August 7, 1997. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; and Stephen K. Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., both mission specialists; along with payload specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut.
Title: STS-85 launch
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-85/html/sts085-s-005.html (direct link)
Author: NASA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.