{author} National Aeronautics and Space Administration {date} 02-May-2003 {description} KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) observatory is lowered to the ground and taken back to NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE. SIRTF will remain in the clean room at Hangar AE until it returns to the pad in early August. {highres} 3000 x 1968 {highsize} 4380616 {hightype} JPEG {keywords} NASA,KSC,Kennedy Space Center {lowres} 320 x 209 {lowsize} 76639 {lowtype} GIF {mediumres} 1024 x 671 {mediumsize} 165700 {mediumtype} JPEG {number} KSC-03PD-1495 {slideres} 120 x 108 {slidesize} 15500 {slidetype} GIF {tinyres} 100 x 65 {tinysize} 8174 {tinytype} GIF {title} KSC-03PD-1495 {type} Image {end}