Atlantis STS-117

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PERFECT QUOTE !!! FAREWELL MR. SINATRA !!!

Awsome !!!!!

Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen for the Shuttles main engines and solid rocket fuel for the boosters. Combine that with thrust vectoring both on the Shuttle and the solid rocket boosters and you can pin-point your target in space.

that is an ace picture man !!!!!!!
well done

2H2 O2= 2H2O. is the fuel just hydrogen or something else??

...it is so bloody unfair, not to be standing right there and be part of this amazing spectacle... great shot!

"Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars.."

Ok ok, now I might actually believe that you "could" have been the photographer.

Awsome

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No, it isn't said. There is a water suppression system that is in place under the main engines to prevent damage to the orbiter and there is a water suppression system that floods the area after liftoff to prevent damage to the pad. The smoke is smoke and there is a little bit of steam mixed in there.

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This is a NASA photo...

looks wicked

it is said that all this smoke is just water, placed in a big tank under the launching pad in order to prevent a meltdown of the place.