![]() This is a photograph taken from the press mound at the NASA Kennedy Space Center located on Merritt Island, Florida of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it soars behind the American flag after lift-off carrying a Five-Man Crew who is set to deploy a Top-Secret spy satellite during their D.O.D. space mission. The distance between the flag and the launch pad is about 1-mile. ![]() Flames from the solid rocket motors on the Space Shuttle Atlantis light up the launch pad as it thunders skyward into the night with a five-man crew on a secret D.O.D. mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ![]() The Space Shuttle Endeavour streaks skyward in this 15-second time exposure silhouetting photographers at the press mound of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during its 4am launch. |
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