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on Mar 16, 2011

MESSENGER_deltarocket_launch

The MESSENGER spacecraft atop a Boeing Delta II rocket lifts off on August 3, 2004, at 2:15:56 a.m. EDT, from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: NASA.

The MESSENGER spacecraft atop a Boeing Delta II rocket lifts off on August 3, 2004, at 2:15:56 a.m. EDT, from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: NASA.