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KSC-08pd0218
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis majestically leaps into the sky, leaving behind clouds of smoke and steam, as it heads for the International Space Station on mission STS-122. In the foreground ar xenon lights used to light the shuttle and launch pad at night. Liftoff of the shuttle was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. The launch is the third attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd0218. NASA/KSC, 2008-02-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd0218.
