NASA Photo ID: STS035(S)021        File Name: 10063931.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/11/90
  Title: STS-35 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B at 1:49 am (EST)
  Description:
  STS-35 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, atop its external tank (ET) and 
  flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) clears the launch tower  during
  its liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad  39B at
  1:49 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)).  OV-102 rises above the mobile 
  launcher pad covered with an exhaust cloud which is illuminated by the glow 
  of the SRB and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings.  The launch
  tower's  fixed service structure (FSS) and retracted rotating service
  structure (RSS)  are highlighted against the early morning darkness by
  SRB/SSME glow as the  shadowy shuttle climbs into the sky.             
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  DARKNESS                                
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  NIGHT                                   
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-35                                  
  

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