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Long range view of an unidentified space shuttle lift off taken from an unidentified high flying aircraft.
STS029-S-026 (13 Mar 1989) --- A wide shot of the Space Shuttle Discovery lifting off from Launch Pad 39B on mission...
STS029-S-027 (13 March 1989) --- From Launch Pad 39D, the Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-29....
STS-34 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at...
STS029-S-028 (13 March 1989) --- From Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on Mission STS-29....
STS-38 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex Pad at...
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from mobile launcher platform at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)...
STS-37 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad at...
STS034-S-025 (18 Oct 1989) --- The STS-34 Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39-B at 2:53:39:983 p.m....
STS-38 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad at...
STS-41 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39...
STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad at...
STS057-S-053 (21 June 1993) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off Launch Pad 39B as captured on film by an...
STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, riding atop its external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket...
STS057-S-055 (21 June 1993) --- Framed by a variety of flora types, the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off Launch Pad...
STS034-S-023 (18 Oct. 1989) --- The STS-34 Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s launch...
STS-131 LIFTS OFF INTO THE EARLY MORNING SKY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle Discovery on its Mobile Launcher Platform slowly moves through the...
STS-131 LIFTS OFF INTO THE EARLY MORNING SKY AS SPECTATORS AT THE BANANA CREEK VIEWING AREA OBSERVE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-79: Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A.
In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane is placed into position to lift the Integrated Truss...
Marking a milestone on the path to the first space shuttle launch of 2009, Discovery make its slow journey to Launch...
The 122 foot tall Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia mated to its external fuel container (ET) and two solid rocket...
Aerial view of Press Site on April 10, 1981, as media and others wait for the launch of STS-1, which was eventually...