Solar Dynamics Observatory Lifts Off On Five-Year Mission

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at the very beginning of its hour-long launch window at 10:23 a.m. EST Feb. 11, kicking off a planned five-year mission to study the sun in unprecedented detail. The two-stage United Launch Alliance (ULA)...

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