Boeing Delta II rocket with its MESSENGER spacecraft during liftoff

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Boeing Delta II rocket with its MESSENGER spacecraft during liftoff on time at 2:15:56 EDT on Aug. 3, 2004 from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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