NASA Photo ID: STS057(S)054 File Name: 10073268.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 07/01/93
Title: STS-57 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, soars into sky after KSC liftoff
Description:
STS-57 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop its external tank (ET) and
flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) soars into the morning sky
after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B
at 9:07:22 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). Exhaust plumes pour out the
SRB skirts and the diamond shock effect is visible at the space shuttle
main engine (SSME) nozzles.
Subject terms:
ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)
EXHAUST CLOUDS
EXTERNAL TANKS
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LIFTOFF (LAUNCHING)
SKY
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE
STS-57
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