KSC-04PD-1511

[KSC-04PD-1511]

  • Photo Number: KSC-04PD-1511

  • Release Date: 21-Jul-2004

  • Keywords: NASA,KSC,Kennedy Space Center
    • Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. The MESSENGER spacecraft leaves the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., aboard a transporter, bound for Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated to the Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket for liftoff on Aug. 2. The spacecraft is expected to reach orbit around the planet in March 2011. MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.

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    Thumbnail GIF 100 66 8288
    Slide GIF 120 108 15500
    Low GIF 320 212 77727
    Medium JPEG 1024 680 100179
    High JPEG 3008 2000 550715

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    Last Updated: Monday August 08 11:04:15 EDT 2004 ()

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