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KSC-04pd1382

NASA / KSC · 2004-06-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — - The MESSENGER spacecraft is lifted off its stand inside Astrotech Space Operations’ hazardous processing facility. MESSENGER is being prepared for loading the spacecraft’s complement of hypergolic propellants. MESSENGER is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., bound for Mercury. The spacecraft is expected to reach orbit around Mercury in March 2011.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd1382. NASA/KSC, 2004-06-28. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1382.
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