# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/pzK6AKoaPY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11738742-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2014-06-28T19:30:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Ready for Tuesday's liftoff! The launch gantry, surrounding the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard, is seen in this black and white infrared view at Space Launch Complex 2, Friday, June 27, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.  OCO-2 will measure the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth’s climate.  OCO-2 is set for a July 1 launch. 
Image Credit: NASA.Bill Ingalls

#nasa #oco2 #earthrightnow #earth #launch #science

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