NASA Photo ID: STS047(S)021        File Name: 10064945.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.  The fixed service structure (FSS) and
  retracted rotating service  structure (RSS) are visible at the left.               
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-47                                  
  TOWERS
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