NASA Photo ID: STS046(S)084        File Name: 10064827.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/08/92
  Title: STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39
  Description:
  STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, soars above Kennedy Space Center 
  (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 after liftoff at 9:56:47:976 am Eastern 
  Daylight Time (EDT).  OV-104, atop its external tank (ET) and flanked by
  two  solid rocket boosters (SRBs), has cleared the launch tower and is just 
  beginning its roll maneuver.  Silhouetted against the exhaust cloud
  covering  the launch pad area are the liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank
  and the sound  suppression water system elevated tank.  In the foreground
  are Florida  vegetation (flowers, grasses) and a waterway.              
  
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  GRASSES                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STORAGE TANKS                           
  STS-46                                  
  VEGETATION                              
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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