{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          13-May-2005

{description}   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing
                Facility, workers stabilize the crane holding the solar panel
                removed from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. A major
                deployment test will check out the spacecrafts large solar
                arrays. The spacecraft will also undergo multiple mechanical
                assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness
                for launch. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for NASAs Jet
                Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in
                Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air
                Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an
                important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space
                exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and
                beyond.

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