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Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Mar 24 1992

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts04-52000

Date

2006-05-03

STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle 104, begins its roll maneuver after liftoff from a Kennedy Space Center  Launch Complex Pad at 8:13:40:048 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). This low angle view shows OV-104 (topside), its external tank, two solid rocket boosters, and three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs). Exhaust plumes billow out the SRB skirts. The diamond shock effect produced by the SSMEs is visible.