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Shuttle Plume
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13.06.2007 00:00
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Shuttle Plume
Explanation:
What kind of cloud is that? Not a naturally occurring one.
Pictured above
is the drifting smoke plume left over from last
Friday's launch
of the
Space Shuttle Atlantis
.
The twisted plume was captured shortly after launch high above NASA's massive
Vehicle Assembly Building
, the largest single story building in the world.
Rockets frequently create
picturesque plume
s during launch.
The Space Shuttle is currently visiting the
International Space Station
and delivering a new backbone truss segment to the continually developing and
occupied spaceport
.
This trip, officially labeled
STS-117
, is the 118th space shuttle
flight
overall and the 28th for the Atlantis Orbiter.
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