NASA Photo ID: STS048(S)172        File Name: 10065027.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39A
  Description:
  STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises above Kennedy Space
  Center  (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A after liftoff at 7:11:04 pm
  (Eastern  Daylight Time (EDT)).  OV-103's starboard side, the external tank
  (ET), and  the right solid rocket booster (SRB) are visible in this profile
  view. OV-103  is not yet clear of the fixed service structure (FSS) tower,
  partially  visible in the background.  The glow of the SRB and space
  shuttle main engine  (SSME) firings lights up the launch complex and the
  retracted rotating  service structure (RSS) against the early evening
  darkness.  An exhaust cloud  forms at the base of the LC pad.  The dark
  landscape underlines the launch  scene which is reflected in a nearby
  waterway.            
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EVENING                                 
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  REFLECTION                              
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-48                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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