The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. Launch of the Atlas V rocket is scheduled for March 12 and will carry the four identical MMS spacecraft into orbit to provide the first three-dimensional view of magnetic reconnection.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
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The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard is seen shortly after arriving at the launch pad on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. Launch of the Atlas V rocket is scheduled for March 12 and will carry the four identical MMS spacecraft into orbit to provide the first three-dimensional view of magnetic reconnection.