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By Justin Ray

Follow the countdown and launch of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the LCROSS impactor experiment. Text updates will appear automatically; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

The Atlas 5 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with NASA's LRO and LCROSS spacecraft.

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