NASA Photo ID: STS049(S)251        File Name: 10065157.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 05/16/92
  Title: STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from Kennedy Space 
  Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 7:40 pm (Eastern Daylight Time 
  (EDT)).  In this profile view, OV-105, mounted on the external tank (ET)
  and  with the right solid rocket booster (SRB) visible, soars above the
  launch pad  and clears the fixed service structure (FSS) tower.  A diamond
  shock effect  can be seen beneath the three space shuttle main engines
  (SSMEs).  Exhaust  plumes billowing from the SRBs cover the launch pad in a
  cloud of smoke.               
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  STS-49
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