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KSC-2009-4939
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –Billows of smoke and steam flow across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery lifts off on the STS-128 mission. Liftoff was on time at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The first launch attempt on Aug. 24 was postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions. The second attempt on Aug. 25 also was postponed due to an issue with a valve in space shuttle Discovery's main propulsion system.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2009-4939. NASA/KSC, 2009-08-28. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-4939.
