STS-99 Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A

[KSC-00PP-0220]

  • Photo Number: KSC-00PP-0220

  • Release Date: 11-Feb-2000

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-99
    • Description: Through the shrubs surrounding the water near Launch Pad 39A can be seen Space Shuttle Endeavour roaring into the clear blue Florida sky on mission STS-99. aunch of Endeavour 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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