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KSC-03pd0620

NASA / KSC · 2003-03-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — -- At Building AE, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is prepared for testing. SIRTF is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

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Credit lineKSC-03pd0620. NASA/KSC, 2003-03-07. Public domain. ID: KSC-03pd0620.
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