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Atlas V rocket launch

The Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA and USGS Landsat 8 satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA and USGS Landsat 8 satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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A rocket carrying a NASA and USGS Landsat 8 satellite is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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Maxwell Heuring-McBride, 2, of Lompoc wears his astronaut suit while playing at Providence Landing Park in Lompoc as he waits for the launch of a Atlas V rocket.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Steve Homer of Solvang, left, joined many photographers at Providence Landing Park in Lompoc to view the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks about the successful launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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