Nov 26, 2011

Launch of Curiosity to Mars

That was a beautiful launch - minimal cloud cover, though the rocket pierced though one strata early on.

I had to force the kids to watch.

They are four lightening towers at the Cape Canaveral Launch complex 41, the first clean pad.

The Atlas V is the primary booster. The centaur rocket stage boosts the upper payload to a Geosynchronous orbit.

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