Space_Shuttle_Atlantis_launches_from_KSC_on_STS-132_side_view.jpg

Summary

Description

English: An exhaust plume surrounds the mobile launcher platform on Launch Pad 39A , Kennedy Space Center, Fla., as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the STS-132 mission on May 14. STS-132 is the 132nd shuttle flight, the 32nd for Atlantis and the 34th shuttle mission dedicated to International Space Station assembly and maintenance. (NASA)

Date

14 May 2010

Source

This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-2010-3416 .

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing .

Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/images/content/454952main_2010-3416.jpg

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=47295

Author

NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar


	This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here . If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it . If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license , be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it .

Licensing

	This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA . NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted ". (See Template:PD-USGov , NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy .)
	Warnings: Use of NASA logos , insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221 . The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet / Russian space agency , and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI . [1] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}} . The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3] The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content . Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

Summary

Licensing

Captions

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

14 May 2010