STS-99 Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A

[KSC-00PP-0219]


  • Photo Number: KSC-00PP-0219

  • Release Date: 11-Feb-2000

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-99
  • Description: Space Shuttle Endeavour seems to leap from the among the palmettos on its launch into the clear blue Florida sky. Launch of Endeavour on mission STS-99 occurred at 12:43:40 p.m. EST. Known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), STS-99 will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface. The result of the SRTM could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the Earth's topography. The mission is expected to last 11days, with Endeavour landing at KSC Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:36 p.m. EST. This is the 97th Shuttle flight and 14th for Shuttle Endeavour.

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    Last Updated: Tuesday August 28 18:13:03 EDT 2001 (J. Dumoulin)

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