GLAST spacecraft atop the Delta II rocket is spotlighted after rollback of the mobile service tower on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B (1)
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B, GLAST sits poised for launch atop the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket after rollback of the mobile service tower (1)
The Delta II rocket with GLAST on top ignites for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B. Liftoff was at 12:05 p.m. EDT
Under cloud-dotted blue sky, GLAST blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B aboard a Delta II rocket
The Delta II rocket with GLAST on top is bathed in smoke just after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B
The Delta II rocket with GLAST on top emerges from the smoke generated at liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
Smoke is generated at liftoff of GLAST, aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch
Smoke billows across Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad as the Delta II rocket blasts off with GLAST aboard
Smoke is generated at liftoff of GLAST, aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
Smoke rises to obscure the Delta II rocket aboard as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad, flame and smoke mark the launch of the Delta II rocket with GLAST aboard
Smoke rises to obscure the Delta II rocket with GLAST aboard as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
Smoke is generated at liftoff of the Delta II rocket with GLAST aboard from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
Smoke appears to grab at the Delta II rocket as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad with GLAST aboard
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad, flame and smoke mark the launch of the Delta II rocket with GLAST aboard
Smoke envelops the Delta II rocket with GLAST baboard as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad
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.