NASA Photo ID: STS056(S)054        File Name: 10072670.jpg
  Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B into darkness
  Description:
  STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, riding atop its external tank 
  (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), lifts off from
  Kennedy  Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B into the early
  morning  darkness at 1:29 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)).  In this
  nocturnal scene,  OV-102's nose section is obscured in the shadowy darkness
  as it clears the  fixed service structure (FSS) tower.  Exhaust plumes
  trail from the SRB  skirts and cover the launch pad area in a billowy
  cloud.  The SRB / Space  Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) firings illuminate the
  FSS and the retracted  rotating service structure (RSS).  Debris is visible
  on the base of the  launch pad.            
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  DARKNESS                                
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EXHAUST CLOUDS                          
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  NIGHT                                   
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  STS-56                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  

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