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NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center Image # : 93PC-0549 Date : 4/8/1993

STS-56 Launch

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The second try works like a charm as the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from 
Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS56 at 1:29:00 a.m., EDT, April 8. First attempt to 
launch Discovery on its 16th space voyage was halted at T-11 seconds on April 6. 

Aboard for the second Space Shuttle mission of 1993 are a crew of five and the 
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 (ATLAS 2), the second in a 
series of missions to study the sun's energy output and Earth's middle 
atmosphere 
chemical makeup, and how these factors affect levels of ozone.

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• Center: KSC
• Center Number: 93PC-0549
• GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000748

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• Creator/Photographer: NASA
• Original Source: DIGITAL

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