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STS-31 Discovery, OV-103, is hidden in low-lying clouds after KSC liftoff
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STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is hidden in low-lying cloud cover as it rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B just after its liftoff at 8:33:51.0492 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). The glow of the solid rocket booster (SRB) and the space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings appears just below the cloud cover and is reflected in the nearby waterway (foreground). An exhaust plume trails from OV-103 and its SRBs and covers the launch pad area.
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Credit lineSTS-31 Discovery, OV-103, is hidden in low-lying clouds after KSC liftoff. NASA/JSC, 1990-04-24. Public domain. ID: s31-s-076.
