
Twin columns of fire under Atlantis
NASA, 2006
Space Shuttle Atlantis climbs into a clear sky from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center at 11:14 a.m. EDT on September 9, 2006, after several scrubbed attempts. Mission STS-115 was the 116th shuttle flight and the 27th for Atlantis, bound for the International Space Station. NASA photograph.















