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Lightning Strikes at Pad 39B
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A lightning strike is recorded at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in May 2011. The event was captured by high-speed cameras stationed at the pad and mobile launcher. At pad 39B, there are three, 600-foot-tall masts with overhead wires used to transmit electrical energy around the perimeter of the pad to provide lightning protection for launch vehicles as they are processed and launched from the pad.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLightning Strikes at Pad 39B. NASA/KSC, 2011-05-27. Public domain. ID: KSC-20110527-PH-NAS01_0001.
