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Original - Nearly enveloped by the smoke after ignition, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft rises from the launch pad to begin its 1.7-billion-mile journey through the inner solar system to study a pair of asteroids.
Delta II 7925 Heavy after ignation with Dawn on Lauch pad 17B.
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This is a very nice, and clear image which meets all guidelines, and shows the Delta II at liftoff.
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Delta II
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NASA (uploaded by - Ohmpandya We need to talk...contribs 19:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC))[reply]
It is a long way to go to get a laugh from the old folks. -- carol 06:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by CarolSpears (talkcontribs) [reply]
  • Comment Before this image drops out of candidacy, I found what I consider a more encyclopedic image of the same launch. When viewed at full size, you can read the number on the side which makes it much easier to identify the rocket, the launch and the payload. The payloads logo also showing in the image helps as well and the information which is on the launch tower. This image additionally still has some impressive exhaust and ignition for the oo's and ahh's. I actually cannot find too much that is wrong with the second image except for (perhaps) the caption. -- carol 12:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]