STS-82 Discovery, OV-103, launch

STS082-S-006 (11 Feb 1997) --- A remote camera provides this distant shot of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it lights up the early morning sky around Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Discovery?s flight is a scheduled 10-day mission in Earth-orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Launch occurred at 3:55:17 a.m. (EST), February 11, 1997. The crew members are astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, commander; Scott J. Horowitz, pilot; Mark C. Lee, payload commander; and mission specialists Steven A. Hawley, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Steven L. Smith and Joseph R. Tanner. STS-82 represents the 22nd flight of Discovery and the 82nd Space Transportation System (STS) flight.