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STS-1: Columbia at launch pad. March 1981

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts00-11005

Date

2006-05-02

A timed exposure of the Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night-time fantasy of light. Structures to the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structure.