A United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy launch vehicle has lifted-off with NASA’s next major space observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). The launch from Cape Canaveral’s SLC 17-B was slightly delayed to 12:05pm EDT.
NASASpaceflight.com covered the launch as a live event, with background, up to the second live updates, images, on are interactive pages linked below (read more). Free launch and replay videos now available.