MISSION LAUNCHES

Image 1: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s spacecraft NOAA-N leaps away from the smoke and steam clouds as it lifts off at 6:22 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. It was launched by NASA on a Boeing Delta II 7320-10 expendable launch vehicle. (2005) Image Credit: NASA/KSC More Information: NOAA home page Image 2: The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from KSC's Launch Complex 39 at 4:44:19 p.m. (EDT), April 8, 2002. Image Credit: NASA/KSC More Information: Human Space Flight home page