{CaptionsBy}    InDyne, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          11-Feb-2000

{description}   A perfect launch on a perfect Florida day! Framed by two immense
                billows of steam, Space Shuttle Endeavour breaks its Earthly
                tethers to soar into a clear blue sky. Liftoff of mission STS-99
                occurred at 12:43:40 p.m. EST. Known as the Shuttle Radar
                Topography Mission (SRTM), STS-99 will chart a new course to
                produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface. The result
                of the SRTM could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the
                Earth's topography. The mission is expected to last 11days, with
                Endeavour landing at KSC Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:36 p.m. EST. This
                is the 97th Shuttle flight and 14th for Shuttle Endeavour.

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{title}         A perfect launch on a perfect Florida day!

{type}          Image

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