3Delta4Heavy12-21-05

It seems like it is going to pass the moon

Going higher

The burn has stopped

all that's left

Lift off around 4:45 PM

About 30 sec. into the burn

December 21, 2005, Inaugural flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket with a dummy payload as seen from Oak Point. It had a burn time of over two minutes and went straight up.

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