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STS-72 mission training.
Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) at Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B). After the solid rockets are jettisoned, the main engines provide thrust which accelerates the Shuttle from 3,000 mph (4,828 kilometers per hour) to over 17,000 mph (27,358 kilometers per hour) in six minutes to reach orbit. They create a combined maximum thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds. Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) attached to the two Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) that burns cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants. Each engine producing 1,859 kN of thrust at lift-off.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Color image: NASA images Courtesy National Archives ref: 255-STS-STS072. Public Domain.
Chromogenic print with a lustre finish
Print size of 24 x 16 inches and an image size of 22 x 14 inches
Signed verso by the artist
Each print is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and a NASA - Space Shuttle Publication by John Angerson.