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Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS-31. Apr 24 1990

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sts03-12004

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm

The Space Shuttle Discovery soars into the morning skies above Florida, carying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-31from Pad 39B occurred at 8:33:51 a.m. EDT, April 24. Crew members are Commander Loren J. Shriver; Pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr.; and Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, Steven A. Hawley, and Bruce McCandless II.

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1990 - CAPE CANAVERAL - DISCOVERY - FLORIDA - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - LAUNCH - LAUNCHER - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - SMOKE - SPACE - SPACE CENTER - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACESHIP - STS-31 - USA -