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  Launch

Genesis was launched Aug. 8, 2001, at 12:13:40 p.m. EDT from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch vehicle was a Delta II model 7326 rocket, similar to Deltas that have launched other recent solar system exploration missions. These rockets have differed primarily in the number of solid-fuel boosters that augment the first stage of the liquid-fuel Delta.

Genesis spacecraft prepares for launch (small) Spacer (nonimage) Genesis spacecraft in fairing of Boeing Delta rocket at Kennedy Space Center days before launch (small)
Genesis spacecraft prepares for launch

Genesis spacecraft in fairing of Boeing Delta rocket at Kennedy Space Center days before launch.

 
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Curator: Aimee Meyer
Updated: November 2009

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