NASA Photo ID: STS041(S)119        File Name: 10064414.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 10/10/90
  Title: STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39
  Description:
  STS-41 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, clears the launch tower's fixed 
  service structure (FSS) and begins its roll maneuver after liftoff from the 
  Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 at 7:47 am (Eastern 
  Daylight Time (EDT)). As OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by 
  its two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), rises into the morning sky an exhaust 
  cloud fills the launch pad area below.  A single bird is silhouetted
  against  the SRB / space shuttle main engine (SSME) glow.  In the
  foreground, the  SRB/SSME firings are reflected in a nearby waterway.              
  
  Subject terms:
  BIRDS                                   
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-41                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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