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  Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter

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• Airline: United States - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Photo Date: May 16, 2011
• Uploaded: May 22, 2011
• Other Location - Kennedy Space Center, USA - Florida

Space shuttle "Endeavour" clears the lightning rod on Pad 39A at NASA-Kennedy Space Center for the very last time. At this very moment,control is passed from Launch Control at KSC to Mission Control in Houston. The gaseous clouds seen are a combination of the main engine exhausts,solid rocket booster exhausts and the water from the noise suppression system. At ignition, the SRBs release large volumes of gasses containing aluminum oxides,carbon monoxides and hydrogen chloride gas. The HCL gas combines with the water from the noise suppression system to form an acid. Hence the launch of the shuttle generates a hellish noise,heat and toxic environment as seen in the picture.

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