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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Astrotech Space Operations’ hazardous processing facility, the MESSENGER spacecraft rests on a work stand, ready to receive 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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