Premium video content for our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. Gravity Probe-B flies The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches with NASA's Gravity Probe-B spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (4min 16sec file) Play video Umbilicals Umbilicals connecting the Delta rocket to the launch pad yank away as the vehicle lifts off. (175sec file) Play video Tower view Liftoff as seen from a camera mounted on the mobile service tower next to the Delta 2 rocket. (26sec file) Play video Back side A camera positioned on the back side of the Space Launch Complex-2 West provides this angle of liftoff. (19sec file) Play video Separation! The Gravity Probe-B spacecraft is successfully deployed from the Delta rocket as seen by an onboard video camera. (2min 20sec file) Play video Become a subscriber More GP-B video!
Launch photo gallery SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: April 20, 2004
As photographers return to Space Launch Complex-2 West to service their sound-activated cameras following the scrub on April 19, the Delta 2 rocket is seen here after the super-cold liquid oxygen was drained from the first stage. Credit: William G. Hartenstein
The Boeing Delta 2 rocket launches with NASA's Gravity Probe-B spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (4min 16sec file)
Umbilicals connecting the Delta rocket to the launch pad yank away as the vehicle lifts off. (175sec file)
Liftoff as seen from a camera mounted on the mobile service tower next to the Delta 2 rocket. (26sec file)
A camera positioned on the back side of the Space Launch Complex-2 West provides this angle of liftoff. (19sec file)
The Gravity Probe-B spacecraft is successfully deployed from the Delta rocket as seen by an onboard video camera. (2min 20sec file)