Discovery 2001

Artist: GREG FIGHT;
Exposure Date: 2001:03:08 06:45:32;
ImageDescription: Kennedy Space Center, FL, 3/08/01: Space shuttle Discovery lifted off at 6:42 Thursday morning on the eighth shuttle flight to the International Space Station. The shuttle carried a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, known as Leonardo, which was built by the Italian Space Agency. It is the first of three modules that will carry racks of equipment, experiments, and supplies to and from the space station. The Discovery flight will also deliver the Expedition Two crew to the station and return the Expedition One crew home. Kurt Loft story. Tribune photo/Greg Fight. ;
Make: NIKON CORPORATION;
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Exposure Time: 1/500.0 seconds s;
FNumber: f/5.0;
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ExposureBiasValue: 0
MeteringMode: Other;
FocalLength: 17.0 mm mm;
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