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KSC-04pd0594
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities, workers prepare to move NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft onto a test stand using an overhead crane. There, employees of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, builders of the spacecraft, will begin final processing for launch, including checkout of the power systems, communications systems and control systems. The thermal blankets will also be attached for flight.
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Credit lineKSC-04pd0594. NASA/KSC, 2004-03-22. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd0594.