Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Image eXchange Collection
Title:
Launch views of the Columbia for the STS-3 mission
Description:
The Space Shuttle Columbia, with its two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and external fuel tank (ET) are photographed as they clear the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39. The external tank is unpainted for the first time and it's orange color appears dark in black and white photos (28745-6); In this photo the Columbia is just about to clear the launch tower. This photo was taken from across a field (28747); Columbia has cleared the launch pad in a cloud of exhaust (28748).
Date:
03.24.1982
Credit:
NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC) [ http://images.jsc.n…]
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_when:
03-24-1982
facet_when_year:
1982
Media:
IMAGE
ID:
S82-28747
UID:
SPD-NIX-S82-28747
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