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KSC-06pp2753
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Emerging from behind the clouds of smoke and steam generated by its liftoff, Space Shuttle Discovery leaps toward the sky past the lightning mast on Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116. Liftoff occurred on time at 8:47 p.m. EST. This was the second launch attempt of Discovery on mission STS-116. The first launch attempt on Dec. 7 was postponed due a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center. This is Discovery's 33rd mission and the first night launch since 2002.
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Credit lineKSC-06pp2753. NASA/KSC, 2006-12-09. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pp2753.
