Nasa daily picture for September 17: ICESat-2 Lifts Off to Study Earth's Changing Ice

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth's ice.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Source: www.nasa.gov