NASA Photo ID: STS048(S)171        File Name: 10065028.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, atop its external tank (ET) and 
  flanked by solid rocket boosters (SRBs) has cleared the fixed service 
  structure (FSS) tower after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch 
  Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 7:11:04 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).  OV-103 is 
  moments away from its roll maneuver as it soars in the evening sky leaving 
  behind a trail of exhaust and a cloud-covered launch pad.  The retracted 
  rotating service structure (RSS) nearly obscured by the exhaust is visible
  at  the base of the launch pad.  The glow of the SRB and space shuttle main 
  engine (SSME) firings is reflected in a nearby waterway.             
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-48                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  WATERWAYS                               
  

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