Image:STS31 carries Hubble to orbit.jpg

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Description	The Space Shuttle Columbia on Pad 39A during the picture-perfect ascent of sister ship Discovery after lift off of STS-31. This was the first time since January 1986 that there was a Shuttle on each pad, which are separated by 1.6 miles. Discovery, carrying a five-member crew and the Hubble Space Telescope, lifted off at 8:34 a.m. EDT, April 24. Columbia, with its Astro-1 observatory, is scheduled for launch in May.
Source	From http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-000684.html
Date	4/24/1990
Author	NASA/KSC
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