{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
                Bionetics)

{captionsby}    Sherikon Space Systems (Paula Shawa, Susan Walsh and Chuck
                Weirauch)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-69

{date}          07-Sep-1995

{description}   The tranquil beauty of a wildlife refuge serves as a lush
                backdrop to the drama of a Space Shuttle surging skyward atop a
                pillar of flame. The Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Launch Pad
                39A at 11:09:00.052 a.m. EDT, Sept. 7, 1995. Only a small portion
                of the 140,000 acres occupied by the Kennedy Space Center has
                been developed to support space operations; most of the land is
                pristine and untouched by man, and is managed by the U.S. Fish
                and Wildlife Service as a wildlife refuge. On board Endeavour are
                a crew of five and a payload complement that includes two
                deployable free-flyers, the Wake Shield Facility-2 and the
                Spartan-201. David M. Walker is the mission commander; Kenneth D.
                Cockrell is the pilot; James S. Voss is the payload commander;
                and the two mission specialists are Michael L. Gernhardt and
                James H. Newman. The 11-day flight also is scheduled to include
                an extravehicular activity by Gernhardt and Newman.

{highres}       2220 x 1768

{highsize}      255450

{hightype}      JPEG

{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-69

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html>M.
                Downs</a>

{lowres}        301 x 240

{lowsize}       48739

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     964 x 768

{mediumsize}    100014

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-95PC-1299

{scannedby}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab (<A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/jmd.html">Dumoulin</a>, <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html">Downs</a>,
                <A HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/tnn.html">Nguyen</a> and <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-cm/hec.html">Cody</a>)

{slideres}      162 x 156

{slidesize}     36393

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       100 x 80

{tinysize}      12071

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         STS-69 launch view across water and trees (landscape)

{type}          Image

{end}