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KSC-04pd1383

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

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The MESSENGER spacecraft is moved toward a work 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-04pd1383. NASA/KSC, 2004-06-28. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1383.
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