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Discovery Launch

Discovery reappears from behind its own contrail, on the last gasps of power from the Solid-Fuel Rocket Boosters (SRBs). Moments later, the empty SRBs detached and fell back to the ocean.

Image Number: WEB12761-2013
Credit: Photo by Geneviève de Messières, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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