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KSC00pp1264
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Looking like a lighted taper against a cloud-streaked sky, Space Shuttle Atlantis belches a column of smoke as it blasts into space. In the foreground are patches of water and marsh between the Mosquito Lagoon on the north and Banana Creek on the south. In the background is the Atlantic Ocean. The perfect on-time liftoff of Atlantis occurred at 8:45:47 a.m. EDT.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC00pp1264. NASA/KSC, 2000-09-08. Public domain. ID: KSC00pp1264.
