NASA Photo ID: STS034(S)026        File Name: 10063762.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 10/23/89
  Title: STS-34 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
  Description:
  STS-34 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space 
  Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 12:53:39:983 pm Eastern
  Daylight  Time (EDT).  This aerial view shows OV-104, its external tank
  (ET), and  two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) rising high above LC Pad 39B
  atop a plume of  exhaust smoke.  Atlantic Ocean is visible in the
  background. The liftoff  marks the beginning of a five-day mission in
  space.                
  Subject terms:
  AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY                      
  ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  STS-34
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