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KSC-08pd0242
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At ignition, flames from the main engines on space shuttle Atlantis pour through the mobile launcher platform into the flame trench below. Within seconds, Atlantis was on its climb into space and a rendezvous with the International Space Station on mission STS-122. Liftoff was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST. This is the third launch attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the station.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-08pd0242. NASA/KSC, 2008-02-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-08pd0242.
