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A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard is seen in this long exposure photograph as it launches from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California January 31, 2015. The unmanned rocket is carrying a satellite to measure how much water is in Earth?s soil, information that will help weather forecasting and tracking of global climate change. REUTERS/NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via Reuters

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard is seen. Image: REUTERS/NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via Reuters

Joe Myers

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