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KSC-2009-6394
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis rises from its mobile launcher platform as its twin solid rocket boosters ignite and the eight hold-down posts securing it to the platform are released. Liftoff on its STS-129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2009-6394. NASA/KSC, 2009-11-16. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-6394.
