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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is unpacked and unveiled in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The container protected the spacecraft on its journey from Campos, Brazil, aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane. Following final tests, the spacecraft will be integrated to a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted June launch to low Earth orbit. Aquarius, the NASA-built primary instrument on the SAC-D spacecraft, will map global changes in salinity at the ocean's surface. Salinity is a key measurement for understanding how changes in rainfall, evaporation and the melting of freezing of ice influence ocean circulation and are linked to variations in Earth's climate. The three-year mission will provide new insights into how variations in ocean surface salinity relate to these fundamental climate processes. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin, VAFB KSC-2011-2728
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab reaches the open floor after being lifted out of the vacuum chamber where it was tested for leaks. The test was very successful. The 32,000-pound scientific research lab, named Destiny, is the first Space Station element to spend seven days in the renovated vacuum chamber. Destiny is scheduled to be launched on Shuttle mission STS-98, the 5A assembly mission, targeted for Jan. 18, 2001. During the mission, the crew will install the Lab in the Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the Station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Lab module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences research KSC00pp0870
SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS/SDO SPACECRAFT
SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS/SDO SPACECRAFT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing workers complete the installation of the fairing around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structure that fits flush with the outside surface of the upper stage booster and forms an aerodynamically smooth joint, protecting the spacecraft during launch. MESSENGER is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket and is expected to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011. MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. KSC-04pd1575
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SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS / SDO SPACECRAFT
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS / SDO SPACECRAFT
SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS / SDO SPACECRAFT
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt: Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) BEAUTY SHOTS / SDO SPACECRAFT
Zusammenfassung
Die ursprüngliche Auffindungshilfe beschrieb dies wie folgt:
Beschreibung: THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY (SDO) IN THE CLEAN ROOM OF BUILDING 7 GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. Fotograf: PAT IZZO
Datum: 21.10.2008
Arbeitsnummer: 2009-00126-0
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