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{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          10-Mar-2004

{description}   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. At the Astrotech Space Operations
                processing facilities near KSC, workers move NASAs MESSENGER
                spacecraft into a high bay clean room. Employees of the Johns
                Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, builders of the
                spacecraft, will perform an initial state-of-health check. Then
                processing for launch can begin, including checkout of the power
                systems, communications systems and control systems. The thermal
                blankets will also be attached for flight. MESSENGER short for
                MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging will
                be launched May 11 on a six-year mission aboard a Boeing Delta II
                rocket. Liftoff is targeted for 2:26 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 11.

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