NASA Photo ID: STS048(S)170        File Name: 10065029.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 Discovery, OV-103, soars into the evening sky after KSC liftoff
  Description:
  STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, soars into the evening sky
  after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad
  39A at  7:11:04 pm (Eastern Daylight Time).  OV-103's port side, left solid
  rocket  booster (SRB), and the external tank (ET) are visible as it rides
  atop the  glow of the SRB/space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings and a
  huge exhaust  plume which has engulfed the launch pad area.  The launch
  glow is reflected  in a nearby waterway.  The diamond shock effect appears
  at the SSME nozzles.               
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EVENING                                 
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-48                                  
  WATERWAYS
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