Uploaded January 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) successfully lifted off Jan. 20, 2011 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 1:10 p.m. PST.
The Delta IV Heavy, at 235 feet or approximately 23 stories tall, is the largest rocket ever to launch from the West Coast of the United States. The mission is in support of national defense.
Video credit: ULA
Presented by collectSPACE.com -- The Source for Space History and Artifacts.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) successfully lifted off Jan. 20, 2011 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California at 1:10 p.m. PST.
The Delta IV Heavy, at 235 feet or approximately 23 stories tall, is the largest rocket ever to launch from the West Coast of the United States. The mission is in support of national defense.
Video credit: ULA
![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 8 Recap](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g8Y9jyz_pO4/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 8 Recap
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A video recap of flight day 8 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
Video: NASA")
