NASA Photo ID: STS047(S)040       File Name: 10064947.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 09/20/92 
 
Title: STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lifts off from KSC LC 39 pad 
 
Description: 
 
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop its external tank (ET) and  
flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), is barely visible at the end 
of  the long exhaust plume extending from the ground into the sky.  OV-105 
begins  its roll maneuver as it soars above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) 
Launch Complex  (LC) 39 pad and toward its second space flight.  Liftoff 
occurred at  10:23:00:0680 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). In the 
foreground, mobile  lighting fixtures (spotlights) are visible.