SDO Launch

Atlas V Lifts Off: Launch sends the Solar Dynamics Observatory toward space.

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[mikeswan]

Very cool! Maybe not as cool as the shuttle but cool!

[chastity]

I have never heard any statement from NASA more ominous than "Learning why our star is changing our lives" at 0:18.

[adamb]

when it hit T - 4mins and stopped i really thought it wouldnt launch today! i was soo happy when it did ツ

[gucker]

would make a good launcher for manned flights to leo. there already is a study by ula on this.

[crustybuttnugget]

Stand in front fo that with some marshmellows?

[zaitcev]

Too bad the official video didn't catch the Sun Dog.