KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians on the ground hold guide ropes as a Solid Rocket Booster is lifted in to the mobile service tower. In all, three SRBs will be attached to the Boeing Delta launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. KSC-04pd2063

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians on the ground hold guide ropes as a Solid Rocket Booster is lifted in to the mobile service tower. In all, three SRBs will be attached to the Boeing Delta launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. KSC-04pd2063

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians on the ground hold guide ropes as a Solid Rocket Booster is lifted in to the mobile service tower. In all, three SRBs will be attached to the Boeing Delta launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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