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KSC-04pd-2255

NASA / KSC · 2004-11-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — A Boeing technician in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida attaches two of the lower segments of the payload transfer canister being installed around the plastic-wrapped Swift spacecraft. 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.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd-2255. NASA/KSC, 2004-11-07. Public domain. ID: 04pd2255.
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