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KSC-99pp0437
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Space Shuttle Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39B against a backdrop of blue sky and the blue-green Atlantic Ocean. At the top left is the 290-foot-high water tank that holds 300,000 gallons of water for the sound suppression system during liftoff. At the bottom, on the Rotating Service Structure, is photographer John Sexton, taking photos for a book. Liftoff of Discovery on mission STS-96 is targeted for May 20 at 9:32 a.m. EDT.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-99pp0437. NASA/KSC, 1999-04-26. Public domain. ID: KSC-99pp0437.
