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Photo gallery: Mobile Service Tower rollback
Posted: December 11, 2004

The mobile service tower is rolled back from the Boeing Delta 4-Heavy rocket at pad 37B before sunrise December 11 in preparation for the booster's demonstration flight. Photo: Boeing photo by Carleton Bailie

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