File:Launch of STS-124 - KSC-08PD-1550.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(2,008 × 3,000 pixels, file size: 665 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Smoke begins pouring out of the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as space shuttle Discovery lifts off on its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT. At left is the fixed service structure with the 80-foot lightning mast on top. Discovery is making its 35th flight. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station.
Date
Source http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~84~84~92959~138917 (alt)
Author NASA/Sandra Joseph, Tony Gray, Robert Murray, Mike Kerley
Other versions
File:Shuttle-a.jpg
Cropped version
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.

This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-08PD-1550.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

Licensing[edit]

Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:01, 13 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 12:01, 13 December 20112,008 × 3,000 (665 KB)Huntster (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |description={{en|1=Smoke begins pouring out of the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as space shuttle Discovery lifts off on its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was