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KSC-2011-6863
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Fire lights up the sky as a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket lofts NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission into space. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida was at 9:08:52 a.m. EDT Sept.10. GRAIL-A will separate from the second stage of the rocket at about one hour, 21 minutes after liftoff, followed by GRAIL-B at 90 minutes after launch.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2011-6863. NASA/KSC, 2011-09-10. Public domain. ID: KSC-2011-6863.
