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Happy Anniversary Odyssey!

This image shows the backs of about 20 Odyssey team members in the foreground, nervously and anxiously looking up and shading their eyes at the bright sight of the daytime launch of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Delta II rocket.  Against baby-blue clear skies, the rocket is zooming the Odyssey orbiter straight up to outer space. Fire and a 500-foot white plume of smoke shoot down from the tall, thin, dart-shaped rocket, which is centered in the top middle of the picture, a few miles in the distance.
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Four years ago on April 7, 2001, the mechanics, scientists, secretaries, and family members of the Odyssey orbiter team said a final farewell to their creation and hello to Mars. Don't miss the video, "An Odyssey of Exploration," for the ground-breaking accomplishments since launch.

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