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STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex LC Pad 39B
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STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex LC Pad 39B

NASA / JSC · 1989-08-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS028-S-006 (8 Aug 1989) --- A low-angle view shows Columbia soaring toward space just after clearing the tower at Launch Pad 39-B for the STS-28 mission. The spacecraft renews flight after a period of three and a half years, this time with five crewmembers aboard. Onboard the spacecraft are Astronauts Brewster H. Shaw Jr., Richard N. Richards, David C. Leestma, James C. Adamson and Mark N. Brown. The last time Columbia was in space was in January of 1986.

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Credit lineSTS-28 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex LC Pad 39B. NASA/JSC, 1989-08-08. Public domain. ID: s28-s-006.
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