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| STS-109 Shuttle Mission Imagery | |
 high res (0.6 M) low res (62 K) | KSC-02PD-0219 (03/01/2002) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Flames and smoke stream from behind Space Shuttle Columbia as it leaps off the launch pad on its 27th flight into space on STS-109. Liftoff occurred at 5:22:02:08 a.m. CST (11:22:02:08 GMT). The goal of the mission is the maintenance and upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope, to be carried out in five spacewalks. |
Curator: Kim
Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 04/09/2002 |
