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Airman First Class Connor Starr, 60th Logistic Readiness

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In a processing facility at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, aerospace technicians prepare a cargo container for installation into a Dragon capsule for launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The new rocket and capsule were designed and manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, for the company’s upcoming demonstration test flight for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, or COTS, program. Under COTS, NASA has partnered with two private companies to develop the capability to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. During the flight, SpaceX's Dragon capsule will conduct a series of checkout procedures that will test and prove its systems. These tests include rendezvous and berthing with the space station and are intended to lead to regular resupply missions to the station. Liftoff is targeted for April 30 at 12:22 p.m. EDT pending official approval at the Flight Readiness Review on April 16. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/cargo/spacex_index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-1628

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Machinist's Mate Fireman Zahir N. Khan puts fuel samples in the centrifuge testing for bottom sediments and water while Essex takes on fuel at Akasaki Fueling Station in preparation for the 46th Exercise Foal Eagle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - During a mission science briefing for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site in Florida, Craig Kletzing, a principal investigator from the University of Iowa, answers questions and displays a scale model of the twin probes. To the left, is Harlan Spence, principal investigator with the University of New Hampshire. To the right, is Lou Lanzerotti, principal investigator with the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NASA’s RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard an Atlas V rocket. Launch is targeted for Aug. 24. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2012-4550

BOEING DELTA 4 SHROUD SEPARATION TEST IN SPACE POWER FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION

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(ACD08-0255-008): A researcher checking an Orion crew escape system model prior to tests in the 9- by 7-foot test section.

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