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KSC-06pp1469
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Making history with the first-ever launch on Independence Day, Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky on mission STS-121, trailing fiery exhaust and blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles. Liftoff from Launch Pad 39B (seen below) was on-time at 2:38 p.m. EDT.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-06pp1469. NASA/KSC, 2006-07-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pp1469.
