On the Move
NASA – Workers deliver NASA’s Juno spacecraft to Astrotech’s Hazardous Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., for fueling. The spacecraft will be loaded with the propellant necessary for orbit maneuvers and the attitude control system. Image credit: NASA/ Troy Cryder June 27, 2011
On the Move-2
Workers prepare to transport NASA’s Juno spacecraft from Astrotech’s Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., to the Hazardous Processing Facility for fueling. The spacecraft will be loaded with the propellant necessary for orbit maneuvers and the attitude control system. Image credit: NASA/ Troy Cryder June 27, 2011
Atlas V Launch Preparation
At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V is in position in the Vertical Integration Facility. The upper stage will be attached to the Atlas V booster stage, already at the pad. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann June 24, 2011
Atlas V Launch Preparation-2
At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers monitor an overhead crane as it lowers the Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V into position the Vertical Integration Facility. Once in position, the upper stage will be attached to the Atlas V booster stage, already at the pad. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann June 24, 2011
Atlas V Launch Preparation-3
At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers guide an overhead crane as it lifts the Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V into the Vertical Integration Facility. Once in position, the upper stage will be attached to the Atlas V booster stage, already at the pad. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann June 24, 2011
Atlas V Launch Preparation-4
At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers guide an overhead crane as it lifts the Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V into the Vertical Integration Facility. Once in position, the upper stage will be attached to the Atlas V booster stage, already at the pad. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann June 24, 2011
Atlas V Launch Preparation-5
At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers attach an overhead crane to the Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V into the Vertical Integration Facility. Once in position, the upper stage will be attached to the Atlas V booster stage, already at the pad. Image credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann June 24, 2011
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