And liftoff! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 1:42 p.m. EST Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the Jason-3 spacecraft onboard. The spacecraft's solar arrays are out, it is power positive and engineers are beginning to send it commands. Jason-3, an international mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will help continue U.S.-European satellite measurements of global ocean height changes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) #nasa #space #jason3 #earth #nasaearth #earthscience #climate #ocean #spacex #launch #nasabeyond #science noaa noaasatellites