NASA launches 'Opportunity' Mars Exploration Rover

NASA launched "Opportunity," the second of the agency's twin Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), from Cape Canaveral Fla., July 7 atop a Delta II rocket. Liftoff took place at 11:18 p.m. EDT, with spacecraft separation occurring 83 minutes later. Opportunity's launch had been delayed several times from...

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