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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft is prepared for installation of the fairing, a molded structure that fits flush with the outside surface of the Delta II upper stage booster and forms an aerodynamically smooth joint, protecting the spacecraft during launch. Seen at right is one of the solar panels on the spacecraft. 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-04pd1565
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, with the help of a lifting device, the starboard hatch is lifted on the Node 2 module. The second of three Station connecting modules, the Node 2 attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for several other elements. Node 2 is scheduled to launch on mission STS-120, Station assembly flight 10A. KSC-04pd0632
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-125 Mission Specialists Mike Massimino (left) and Michael Good (right) check out the orbiter boom sensor system and the attached camera in space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Equipment familiarization is part of the crew equipment interface test, which provides hands-on experience with hardware and equipment for the mission. Atlantis is targeted to launch Oct. 8 on the STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission crew will perform history-making, on-orbit “surgery” on two important science instruments aboard the telescope. After capturing the telescope, two teams of spacewalking astronauts will perform the repairs during five planned spacewalks. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd1959
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Summary
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Description: Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, wearing gloves, works with the baffled Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SWUIS) telescope mounted in the orbiter side hatch window. This image was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC).
Subject Terms: STS-85, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), ASTRONAUTS, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, MIDDECK, ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES
Date Taken: 8/9/1997
Categories: Crew Activities
Interior_Exterior: Interior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Digital Still
Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-85
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hatch
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sts 85 discovery
spaceborne experiments
orbiter side hatch window
ultraviolet telescopes
mission specialist steve robinson
southwest ultraviolet
tiff sts 85
sts 85
crew activities
space program
Date
1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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