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Delta II rocket lifts off carrying Mars Odyssey spacecraft. April 7 2001

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-lus21-00301

Date

2006-10-19

The Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft blasts into the clear blue sky from Launch Complex 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 11:02 a.m. EDT. The launch sends the Mars Odyssey on an approximate 7-month journey to orbit the planet Mars.