Detail View: Kennedy Image Gallery: Discovery Roars Toward Orbit
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Title:
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Discovery Roars Toward Orbit
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Creator:
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NASA
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Description:
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Space shuttle Discovery roars off Launch Pad 39A on the STS-119 mission atop twin towers of fire that light up the sky after sunset at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was on time March 15, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. EDT. The STS-119 mission is the 28th to the International Space Station and the 125th space shuttle flight. Discovery will deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. Image credit: Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews March 15, 2009
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Date:
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3/16/09
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Identifier:
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318626main_2009-2059_full
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MediaType:
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Image
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Year:
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2009
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What:
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Discovery
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What:
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STS-1
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What:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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What:
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International Space Station (ISS)
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Where:
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Where:
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Florida
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