Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Cape Canaveral, Florida. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Orbiter 104 Atlantis on mission 51-J. Space Shuttle program Brochure is shown. Boy hellps little girl drink from soft drink can. Cape Kennedy employees and families on bleachers waiting to watch launch. Crowd watches the lift-off. Emblem for Kennedy Space Center and the flight crew rest on a notebook. A couple wears badges. People seated on the ground to watch the launch. Several people carry binoculars and camera. Crowd cheers when the shuttle is launched. View of Atlantis speeding upward spewing fire. Flag of NASA and the U.S. flag.

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