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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RTG Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Dan Brunson places a lift attachment onto the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) so it can be lifted off the stand. Watching at right is Amy Powell. The RTG is the baseline power supply for the NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scheduled to launch in January 2006 on a journey to Pluto and its moon, Charon. As it approaches Pluto, the spacecraft will look for ultraviolet emission from Pluto's atmosphere and make the best global maps of Pluto and Charon in green, blue, red and a special wavelength that is sensitive to methane frost on the surface. It will also take spectral maps in the near infrared, telling the science team about Pluto's and Charon's surface compositions and locations and temperatures of these materials. When the spacecraft is closest to Pluto or its moon, it will take close-up pictures in both visible and near-infrared wavelengths. It is expected to reach Pluto in July 2015. KSC-05pd2429
25-inch bubble chamber and top plate assembly. Photograph taken July 26, 1963. Bubble Chamber-1300 - Photographer: Doug Bradley
Workers inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, guide the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket, and the Stardust spacecraft connected to it, through an opening to the second stage of the rocket below. The second and third stages of teh rocket will be mated next as preparations continue for liftoff on Feb. 6. Stardust is destined for a close encounter with the comet Wild 2 in January 2004. Using a silicon-based substance called aerogel, Stardust will capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of the comet. The spacecraft also will bring back samples of interstellar dust. These materials consist of ancient pre-solar interstellar grains and other remnants left over from the formation of the solar system. Scientists expect their analysis to provide important insights into the evolution of the sun and planets and possibly into the origin of life itself. The collected samples will return to Earth in a sample return capsule to be jettisoned as Stardust swings by Earth in January 2006 KSC-99pd0129
The Leica Tracker laser in use for the fabrication of the Super Structure Assembly Stand (SSAS).
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Description: Interior view of Node 1/Unity zenith Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) after mating with Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 (PMA3).
Subject Terms: STS-92, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, NODE 1, COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM
Date Taken: 10/19/2000
Categories: Station Configuration
Interior_Exterior: Interior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 35MM CN
Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-92
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Date
2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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