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KSC-04pd-2323

NASA / KSC · 2004-11-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle and Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft, which are mated, are being attached to the underbelly of the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft for launch Nov. 9. DART was designed and built for NASA by Orbital Sciences as an advanced flight demonstrator to locate and maneuver near an orbiting satellite.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd-2323. NASA/KSC, 2004-11-01. Public domain. ID: 04pd2323.
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