NASA Photo ID: S90-27584 File Name: 10063650.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 01/23/90
Title: Night view shows STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, lit up on KSC LC Pad 39B
Description:
STS-33 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is highlighted against the
darkness of the night by spotlights on Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch
Complex (LC) Pad 39B. OV-103, its external tank (ET), and solid rocket
boosters (SRBs) are in launch configuration atop the mobile launcher
platform with the rotating service structure (RSS) retracted (left). The
RSS and the fixed service structure (FSS) are illuminated with lighting on
all levels.
Subject terms:
CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX
DARKNESS
DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
EXTERNAL TANKS
LAUNCHING PADS
NIGHT
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS
STS-33
TOWERS
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