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Sunset colors the horizon to the east as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
NASA
Washington, DC, United States
Sunset colors the horizon to the east as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. On board is NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR. Liftoff occurred at 6:03 p.m. EST. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation's real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities. To learn more about DSCOVR, visit http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR.
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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- Title: Sunset colors the horizon to the east as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- 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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