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Smoke appears to grab at the Delta II rocket as it launches with NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope or GLAST.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

Smoke appears to grab at the Delta II rocket as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B with NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope , or GLAST, aboard. Liftoff was at 12:05 p.m. EDT. GLAST is a powerful space observatory that will explore the universe's ultimate frontier, where nature harnesses forces and energies far beyond anything possible on Earth; probe some of science's deepest questions, such as what our universe is made of, and search for new laws of physics; explain how black holes accelerate jets of material to nearly light speed; and help crack the mystery of stupendously powerful explosions known as gamma-ray bursts. Launch is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. June 11. Photo credit: NASA/Jerry Cannon, Robert Murray

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  • Title: Smoke appears to grab at the Delta II rocket as it launches with NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope or GLAST.
  • Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
  • About Title: To help you find images you’re searching for, previously untitled images have been labelled automatically based on their description

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