31 free space shuttle launch photos from Freerange

View of Saturn V rocket with clear blue sky in the background

Rocket launch icon vector on white background

Space rocket launches into space with planets and stars on background

Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on its STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988, 9:30 a.m. EST, utilizing 375,000 pounds thrust produced by its three main engines

Fast Growing Business with Rocket and Computer - Project Start-Up

Space rocket launching - Start-up enterprise concept with copyspace

Start-Up Project Concept with Rocket Launch with Copyspace

The first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB laboratory module begins with the flawless liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space shuttle Columbia leaving the launching pad.

Fast Growing Business with Rocket Launch - Business Start-Up and Project Start-Up

Rocket icon vector on white background

Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

A shuttle starts its journey to space.

Start-Up Concept with Man on Laptop and Rocket Launching - With Copyspace

Man standing on a rocket holding a flag after great achievement.

Rocket icon vector on blue background

Mission Specialist James H. Newman conducts an in-space evaluation of the Portable Foot Restraint (PFR) which will be used operationally on the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission and future Shuttle missions

Rocket Taking Off - Start-up Concept

Saturn V Rocket leaving lifting off

The Space Shuttle Atlantis streaks skyward as sunlight pierces through the gap between the orbiter and ET assembly.

Shuttle Columbia just before liftoff

Space Shuttle Launch

The April 12 launch at Pad 39A of STS-1, just seconds past 7 a.m., carries astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen into an Earth orbital mission scheduled to last for 54 hours, ending with unpowered landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California

A Saturn V space rocket is being launched.

Space shuttle sits on launching pad in Florida