Space Shuttle Discovery Launch for STS-103

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Title

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch for STS-103

Alternative Title

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

Subject

John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Space Shuttle Discovery
Discovery (Spacecraft)

Description

The Space Shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-103 from Pad 39B at John F. Kennedy Space Center, to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The nighttime is a spectacular backdrop to the beginning of the mission. The Space Shuttle was meant as a reusable alternative to the traditional ballistic rockets used to launch manned spacecraft in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1981 to 2011, when the fleet was retired, five shuttles were flown over 130 times. It was the first space launch system that was mostly reusable, as the shuttles themselves and the solid rocket boosters were reused multiple times. Space shuttles were launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) and Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida.

Source

Original color photographic prints, December 19, 1999: Leonard Pugh Collection.

Date Created

1999-12-19

Contributor

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original color photographic prints, December 19, 1999.

Is Part Of

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

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Medium

6 color photographic prints

Type

Still Image

Coverage

John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

"The Shuttle." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Accessed August 21, 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/the_shuttle/.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

6 color photographic prints

Citation

“Space Shuttle Discovery Launch for STS-103,” RICHES, accessed October 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6166.

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