Title

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS), was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine Earth-to-orbit transport for crew and cargo between 1981 and 2011.

Date

1981

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM19F02_230

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,8Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,4in x 13,6in / 5205 x 4080 (300dpi)

Keywords

Florida space space shuttle color location century rocket launching lift off spacecraft transporting space exploration space travel launch pad United States of America Eighties Colour orbiter Kennedy Space Center 1980s 20th century decade TGN photograph NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heritage Space John F Kennedy Space Center John F. Kennedy Space Center KSC photograph