NASA Photo ID: STS030(S)109        File Name: 10063286.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 05/08/89
  Title: STS-30 Atlantis, OV-104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
  Description:
  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)).                
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-30
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