Gallery: Gantry rolled back at sunset

Under brilliantly clear skies and the setting sun as backdrop on the California coast, the Delta 2 rocket is unveiled from the mobile servicing gantry at Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2 in preparation for deploying the NPP climate and weather observatory.

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Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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