Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 4, 2005

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Picture of the day
Space Shuttle Columbia on launch pad at night

A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1. The shuttle Columbia stands on launch pad A at Kennedy Space Center, the night before launch. The objectives of the maiden flight were to check out the overall Shuttle system, accomplish a safe ascent into orbit and to return to Earth for a safe landing.

Photo credit: NASA
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