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KSC-01pp1340

NASA / KSC · 2001-07-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Genesis spacecraft is lifted to the top of the launch tower. Genesis is 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) long and 6.6 feet (2 meters) wide, with a wingspan of solar array 26 feet (7.9 meters) tip to tip. Genesis will be on a robotic NASA space mission to catch a wisp of the raw material of the Sun and return it to Earth with a spectacular mid-air helicopter capture. The sample return capsule is 4.9 feet (1.5 meters)

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Credit lineKSC-01pp1340. NASA/KSC, 2001-07-19. Public domain. ID: KSC-01pp1340.
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