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Space Shuttle/Rocket Lift Off (1100 images)
Title : STS32R lifts off from Pad 39A at 7:35 a.m. EST. Columbia is scheduled to deploy
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(01/09/1990) -- STS-32R lifts off from Pad 39-A at 7:35 a.m. EST. Columbia is scheduled to deploy the Syncom IV-5 defense communications satellite and retrieve NASA's Long duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) during a 10-day mission, the longest Shuttle flight to date. The mission also includes a variety of experiments, including Protein Crystal Growth. This photo was taken from the Shuttle Training Aircraft.
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