Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/STS-130 Launch Pad 39A

STS-130 Launch Pad 39A

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Original – An exhaust cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour lifts off into the night sky. The primary payload for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station is the Tranquility node, a pressurized module that will provide additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support and environmental control systems.

Reason: The image, which is already featured on two other Wikipedias, is an impressive high quality depiction of the exhaust cloud, result of the STS-130 launch. It's one of the finest of its kind.
Articles in which this image appears: STS-130
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell from the NASA

Support as nominator --— ΛΧΣ²¹ 06:04, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The file is used on STS-130, where it does not "contribute significantly" – as far as I can see, the exhaust cloud was not notable in the context of the STS-130. Hence the rather solitary gallery usage. I agree it's a "impressive high quality depiction of the exhaust cloud" and might have a place in articles about rocket propulsion or take-offs, but it doesn't at the moment. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I have added the image to Solid-fuel_rocket#Performance. I was checking the article while gathering information (I am planning to make a list of space shuttles) and I believe it has a good place there. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 19:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:04, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]