{CaptionsBy}    Information Dynamics, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     NASA/KSC Public Affairs Office

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          05-Apr-1999

{description}   At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station, NASA's Far Ultraviolet
                Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite is unveiled before
                prelaunch processing. FUSE will undergo a functional test of its
                systems, followed by installation of the flight batteries and
                solar arrays. Tests are also scheduled for the communications and
                data systems linking FUSE with the spacecraft control center at
                The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. FUSE was developed
                and will be operated by The Johns Hopkins University under
                contract to Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. FUSE will
                investigate the origin and evolution of the lightest elements in
                the universe - hydrogen and deuterium. In addition, the FUSE
                satellite will examine the forces and process involved in the
                evolution of the galaxies, stars and planetary systems by
                investigating light in the far ultraviolet portion of the
                electromagnetic spectrum. The launch aboard a Boeing Delta II
                rocket is targeted for May 20 at Launch Complex 17.

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{title}         The FUSE satellite is prepped for prelaunch processing at Hangar
                AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station

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