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A Titan IVB rocket lifts off carrying Cassini spacecraft. 10/1997

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-lus10-00504

Date

2006-10-19

An extended-exposure image shows the Cassini spacecraft streaking through the early morning sky over the Cape Canaveral Air Station, with the help of the Titan IVB/Centaur launch vehicle. The successful launch at 4:43 a.m. EDT, October 15, 1997 sent the Cassini spacecraft and accompanying Huygens Probe on a historic seven-year journey to the ringed planet.