STS068-S-027 (30 September 1994) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour, with six NASA astronauts and a battery of Earth-monitoring systems aboard, heads toward Earth orbit. Launch occurred at 7:16 a.m. (EDT), September 30, 1994. The view was photographed from the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) by astronaut Robert D. Cabana, who was piloting the aircraft and monitoring environmental conditions for launch.
