Curiosity Rover Liftoff
August 2, 2012
With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides smoke and flames as it rises from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26.
Courtesy: Scott Andrews/Canon
Nov. 26, 2011
Topics:
Atlas V, Lockheed Martin, Space, Spaceflight, Environment, Payload fairing, Mars Science Laboratory, Spaceport, Launch pad, Delta IV, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
