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STS-30 Atlantis, OV-104, Lifts Off from KSC LC Pad 39B
Date: 8 May 1989
Moments after space shuttle main engine (SSME) and solid rocket booster (SRB) ignition, STS-30 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, rises above mobile launcher platform at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B before clearing launch tower.
Exhaust plumes billow from the SRBs as an exhaust cloud surrounds LC Pad 39B. Launch occurred at 2:46:58 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Image Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
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