Blastoff! NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission Launches Atop Last Delta II Rocket

NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission, that will study Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers and more, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 15, 2018. It was the final launch of the the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. -- Final Delta II Launch to Mark End of First Pioneering Era of US Rockets: https://www.space.com/41835-final-delta-ii-rocket-launch-space-history-legacy.html

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