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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Spectrum Astro Inc. technicians in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida lower the protective cover over the Swift spacecraft before moving it to the launch pad. The launch of the Swift observatory, a NASA spacecraft to pinpoint the location of gamma-ray bursts, is scheduled for Nov. 17 from Pad 17-A on CCAFS. Liftoff aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is targeted at the opening of a one-hour launch window beginning at 12:09 p.m. EST.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-04pd-2249. NASA/KSC, 2004-11-06. Public domain. ID: 04pd2249.
