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The Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft on a mission to study magnetic reconnection. Scientists believe MMS will provide insights into the fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe. Liftoff was at 10:44 p.m. EDT

Roger Rovekamp is a Robotics Engineer in Dexterous Robotics Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center