Liftoff from afar
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Liftoff took place at 9:32 a.m. EDT from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center, with the astronauts ensconced near the very top of the 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket.
July 16, 2009 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: NASA
