Delta II Delivers IceSat-2, Flies Into History Books

CAPE CANAVERAL—The last Delta II rocket lifted off from Vandenberg AFB in California Sept. 15 to dispatch a NASA science satellite into polar orbit to monitor Earth’s ice sheets, sea level changes and forest canopies, marking the 155th and final mission for the booster that helped put the U.S. back...

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