Created 23-Apr-10
Modified 13-Dec-23
An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 at 6:52 p.m. on April 22, 2010.
On board was the Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, a spacecraft that looks like a miniature shuttle. Mission will end with a California landing sometime in the next nine months.
© Dennis Huff