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KSC-2011-7269
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, half of the Atlas V payload fairing for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission comes to rest on the floor in a horizontal position. It next will be uncovered and cleaned to meet NASA's planetary protection requirements. The fairing will protect the spacecraft from the impact of aerodynamic pressure and heating during ascent.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2011-7269. NASA/KSC, 2011-10-06. Public domain. ID: 2011-7269.
