Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to launch pad

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was rolled out to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. EDT for the third countdown to deploy NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes.

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Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

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