Terra launched after technical, weather delays
Controllers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center were activating the Terra Earth Observing System (EOS) spacecraft yesterday after its launch Saturday from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. A modified Atlas IIAS rocket lifted the $1.3 billion spacecraft from a newly modified launch pad at 1:57 p.m. EST...
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