The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket stands on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It is scheduled to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) later this year. JPSS, a next-generation environmental satellite system, is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA.
Photographer NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Date April 11, 2017