Space shuttle launch. Long exposure photograph showing the rocket trail of the NASA space shuttle Discovery as it lifts off to begin mission STS-128.

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Space shuttle launch. Long exposure photograph showing the rocket trail of the NASA space shuttle Discovery as it lifts off to begin mission STS-128. Photographed from the Banana River viewing site, Florida, USA on 29th August 2009.

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