The Delta II-Heavy rocket with GLAST poised for space after the servicing tower was retracted in the early morning of June 11
The GLAST satellite lifts off aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 11, 2008
The Delta II rocket emerges from the smoke generated at liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B
The Delta II rocket lifted off
GLAST launch from Cherie Down Park
The Delta II-Heavy rocket in the sky
GLAST in the sky from Cherie Down Park
GLAST in the sky from Cherie Down Park (zoomed in)
Some of GLAST people at Cherie Down Park
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the United States.