A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at 9:24 p.m., April 14 with the National Reconnaissance Office's L-34 payload. This was the 25th launch of the Atlas V rocket since the vehicle's first launch in August
2002. NROL-34 is also the fifth ULA launch for the NRO in the past seven months. The mission is in support of national security. ( Photo by Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance)