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Liftoff!
A Delta II rocket climbs into the dark, pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket successfully propelled the NOAA-N Prime spacecraft toward its polar orbit around Earth.
Image credit: Carleton Bailie/United Launch Alliance
Feb. 6, 2009