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KSC-02pd1117

NASA / KSC · 2002-07-02 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The setting sun casts purple and pink shades in the sky as the launch tower on pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, rolls back to reveal the Boeing Delta II rocket with NASA's Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft attached. The launch is scheduled for 2:47 a.m. EDT July 3.

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