NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)060       File Name: 10065391.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 profile view shows 
OV-103,  riding atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket 
boosters.   Exhaust plumes billow from the SRB skirts.  The diamond shock 
effect is  visible at the three space shuttle main engine (SSME) nozzles.