Transcription: We did have an early morning liftoff. We were in the dark up right until just about liftoff time and the photography that you see here shows it looks more like a night launch than a day launch. Actually we were able to see some of the early indications of dawn just about the time of ignition. We did take off through some clouds and as we passed through those clouds it really was spectacular, more so than I had imagined it would be. The clouds reflected the exhaust plumes and exhaust colors from the solid and the liquid engines and turned the whole area a very bright orange-pink color, just ver ...
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