NASA Photo ID: STS057(S)053        File Name: 10073265.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 07/01/93
  Title: STS-57 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
  Description:
  The liftoff of STS-57 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, from Kennedy 
  Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B is captured on film by an 
  audio-activated camera positioned at the 270 foot level on the rotating 
  service structure (RSS).  The closeup view shows OV-105 atop its external 
  tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) as it rises above 
  the mobile launcher platform (below) just after its 9:07:22 am (Eastern 
  Daylight Time (EDT)) liftoff.  The firing SRBs and space shuttle main
  engines  (SSMEs) fill the pad with exhaust.  In the foreground the fixed
  service  structure (FSS) 195 foot level catwalk is retracted.  The Atlantic
  Ocean  appears in the distance.            
  
  Subject terms:
  CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXTERNAL TANKS                          
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LAUNCHING PADS                          
  LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)                     
  SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS                  
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  STS-57                                  
  TOWERS                                  
  

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