NASA Photo ID: STS040(S)058        File Name: 10064330.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 06/14/91
  Title: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC with SLS-1 payload
  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
  clear of the  launch tower as it soars into the cloudless blue sky. An
  exhaust cloud formed  by the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and space shuttle
  main engine (SSME)  firings covers the launch pad area. Photo taken by
  JSC's Sheri J. Dunnette.                
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  SPACELAB                                
  STS-40
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