CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday and dispatched a sophisticated NASA probe on a journey to Mars to look for water on Earth's mysterious neighbor planet.
After two days of delays due to minor technical concerns, the 188-foot Atlas 5 booster, built by Lockheed Martin, blasted off its seaside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station smoothly and on time at 7:43 a.m. (1143 GMT).
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