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KSC-08pd0223
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Twin columns of fire help propel space shuttle Atlantis into space on mission STS-122 to the International Space Station. Liftoff was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. Below the nozzles of the main engines are the blue cones of light, known as shock or mach diamonds. They are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd0223. NASA/KSC, 2008-02-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd0223.
