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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers are ready to lift the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, or ORUC, to the payload canister. The carrier is one of four associated with the STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. It will be installed in the payload canister for transfer to Launch Pad 39A. At the pad, all the carriers will be loaded into space shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay. Launch of Atlantis is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2711
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker in the Multi-Purpose Processing Facility looks over the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite as the first half of the fairing is put in place. When completely encapsulated, the satellite will be installed in the Pegasus XL launch vehicle. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), SORCE will study and measure solar irradiance as a source of energy in the Earth's atmosphere. The launch of SORCE is scheduled for Jan. 25 at 3:14 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The drop of the Pegasus will be from OSC's L-1011 aircraft at an altitude of 39,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean approximately 100 miles east-southeast of Cape Canaveral. KSC-03pd0152
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is lifted away from the Pegasus XL launch vehicle after demating. Foreign object debris shields will be installed before its launch. The GALEX is an orbiting space telescope that will observe galaxies in ultraviolet light across 10 billion years of cosmic history. During its 29-month mission GALEX will produce the first comprehensive map of a Universe of galaxies under construction, bringing more understanding how galaxies like the Milky Way were formed. The GALEX launch date is under review. KSC-03pd0800
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft (foreground) is ready to be mated to second and third stages in preparation for the launch aboard the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle. Pegasus will launch DART into a circular polar orbit of approximately 475 miles. Built for NASA by Orbital Sciences Corporation, DART was designed as an advanced flight demonstrator to locate and maneuver near an orbiting satellite. DART weighs about 800 pounds and is nearly 6 feet long and 3 feet in diameter. DART is designed to demonstrate technologies required for a spacecraft to locate and rendezvous, or maneuver close to, other craft in space. Results from the DART mission will aid in the development of NASA’s Crew Exploration Vehicle and will also assist in vehicle development for crew transfer and crew rescue capability to and from the International Space Station. KSC-04pd1829
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to hoist the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, or MAVEN, onto the rotation fixture for further testing and prelaunch preparations next week. MAVEN is being readied for its scheduled November launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to Mars. Positioned in an orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail. Photo credit: NASA/Chris Rhodes KSC-2013-3438
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COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
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COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROTO FLIGHT SPACECRAFT BUILD UP IN HANGAR S AT THE NASA KENNEDY SPACEFLIGHT CENTER KSC
NASA Identifier: C-1976-325
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