Space Shuttle Challenger Leaving Earth
by Bettmann
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Space Shuttle Challenger Leaving Earth
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) High above the Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Atlantic coastline, the Space Shuttle Challenger heads toward its second Earth-orbital mission. The orbiter, its two-solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank are just a tiny dot atop the rapidly-lengthening plume of steam. Astronaut John W. Young, piloting the Shuttle training aircraft (STA) for his traditional weather-monitoring flight, used a 70mm handheld-Hasselblad to record this scene. Launch occurred at 7:33 a.m. (EDT) today.
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May 12th, 2020
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