NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)058       File Name: 10065390.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 12/09/92 
 
Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into sky after KSC liftoff 
 
Description: 
 
STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into the clear morning 
sky  after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 
39A at  8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)).  This low angle view 
looks up at  OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid 
rocket boosters  (SRBs), as it begins its roll maneuver.  Exhaust plumes 
billow from the SRB  skirts.  The diamond shock effect is visible at the 
three space shuttle main  engine (SSME) nozzles.