NASA Photo ID: S84-26293          File Name: 10061748.gif 
 
Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 02/03/84 
 
Title: Launch view of Challenger and the 41-B mission 
 
Description: 
 
The Atlantic Ocean forms the backdrop for this scene of the launch of space  
shuttle mission 41-B space shuttle orbiter Challenger. The puffy train can 
be  traced from the left side of the launch complex to the two solid rocket  
boosters (SRB) and external fuel tank. This view was shot from the shuttle  
training aircraft (STA) (26293); The cloudy Atlantic Ocean is the 
background  for this view of the launch of Challenger and the 41-B mission. 
No sight of  the Florida coast can be seen (26294).