NASA Photo ID: STS047(S)020        File Name: 10064944.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 09/20/92
  Title: STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from KSC LC 39 pad
  Description:
  STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from Kennedy Space 
  Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) 39 pad at 10:23:00:0680 am (Eastern
  Daylight  Time (EDT)).  OV-105, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by
  two solid  rocket boosters (SRBs) rises above the launch pad as it begins
  its second  trip into space.  Exhaust billows from the SRB skirts and
  covers the launch  pad area with only a small portion of the fixed service
  structure (FSS)  visible.  The glow of the SRB and space shuttle main
  engine (SSME) firings is  reflected in a nearby waterway and framed by
  trees and other foliage in the  foreground.             
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  FOLIAGE                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-47                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  TREES                                   
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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