NASA Photo ID: S90-44867 File Name: 10063557.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 08/01/90
Title: STS-31 Discovery, OV-103, liftoff from KSC
Description:
STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space
Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) 39 Pad B. In the foreground STS-35
Columbia, OV-102, is visible on launch pad 39A. This event marked the
first time since January 1986 that there was an orbiter on each pad. LC
39 pads are separated by 1.6 miles. View provided by KSC with alternate
number KSC-90PC-610.
Subject terms:
CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX
COLUMBIA (ORBITER)
DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LAUNCHING
LAUNCHING PADS
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)
SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITERS
STS-31
STS-35
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