STS-56 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B into darkness
STS056-S-052 (8 April 1993) --- A nocturnal scene shows the Space Shuttle Discovery leaving the Launch Pad to begin the Atlas-2 mission in Earth-orbit. Launch occurred at 1:29 a.m. (EDT), April 8. Onboard were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, Stephen S. Oswald, C. Michael Foale, Kenneth D. Cockrell and Ellen Ochoa.
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sts056-s-052
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April 8, 1993
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JSC
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