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Beautiful liftoff of the shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-40)

Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo (type VER) and numbering on the front with mention in the plate: "Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058

Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo (type VER) and numbering on the front with mention in the plate: "Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058

Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo (type VER) and typed caption on back

Vintage chromogenic print on AGFA "QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" satin-finish paper. Caption on back (GE AEROSPACE / For release September 12, 1991)

Impressive liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-115)

Superb photographic tableau of the launch of space shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-42)

The space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-46) appears to be perched on a promontory surrounded by water and sky as it sits on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

Landing of Space Shuttle Columbia (mission STS 50) on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center. July 9,

Fantastic view from the Space Shuttle of the ENDEAVOUR satellite (Mission STS-49) of the INTELSAT VI satellite floating above the Earth.

Beautiful view of the landing of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-50) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Perfect liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Misison STS-46) from launch complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Perfect liftoff of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Misison STS-50) from launch complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Beautiful view of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-45) in front of launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

ATLANTIS the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off.

A bright morning sun casts its radiant gaze on Space Shuttle ENDEAVOUR, projecting the silhouette of the spacecraft into Space from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B.

Rare close-up view of the complex assembly making up the impressive space architecture of the space shuttle launch pad (this is ENDEAVOUR (Mission STS-49)

Impressive view of the globe from Space and the Space Shuttle (Mission STS-57). A rare view of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Impressive and rare photograph of the lift-off of the space shuttle CHALLENGER (Mission STS-6) on its maiden flight into space

Night takeoff of the space shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-56).

Exceptional photographic painting of a beautiful liftoff of the space shuttle Endeavour (STS-57)

Space shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-56) heading for launch pad 39B

Superb low-angle view of launch pad 39B, where the silhouette of space shuttle COLUMBIA is positioned for liftoff of its STS-58 mission

The longest space shuttle flight ever begins for COLUMBIA (Mission STS-58)

Space shuttle COLUMBIA (Misison STS-58)