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 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 the six ground-lit solid rocket boosters burn out, causing the contrail to dissipate, the three air-lit boosters are ignited a minute into flight. 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)
The Gravity Probe-B spacecraft is successfully deployed from the Delta rocket as seen by an onboard video camera. (2min 20sec file)