Rocket blasts off to put NASA radiation belt probes into orbit
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 04:30
in Astronomy & Space
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to put a pair of heavily shielded NASA science satellites into position to study Earth's radiation belts.