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Launch Pad 39A of Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Atlantic Ocean
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STS-32 Columbia, OV-102, is
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STS-32 Columbia, OV-102, is positioned on the hard stand at KSC LC Pad 39A |
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STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, rollout is completed as OV-102, atop the mobile launcher platform, is positioned on the hard stand at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. The retracted 195 ft level walkway is visible at the left prior to positioned at OV-102's side hatch. Covers remain in place on crew compartment windows. In the background, the liquid hydrogen (LH2) facility and the Atlantic Ocean are visible. OV-102 is mounted on the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs). This marks the first time a Space Shuttle has been at LC Pad 39A since 01-12-85 when OV-102 was launched on mission 61C. View provided by KSC with alternate number KSC-89PC-1262. |
| Date Taken |
1989-12-20 |
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STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Ve
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STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39A |
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STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A after liftoff at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). This distance view of the launch sequence was taken from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and looks across the Florida wetlands to the launch pad with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. The launch pad area is covered with an exhaust cloud. The glow of the solid rocket booster (SRB) and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings lights up the fixed service structure (FSS) and the retracted rotating service structure (RSS) in the foreground and the sound supression water system tank in the background. |
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1992-12-09 |
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