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KSC-04pd1406

NASA / KSC · 2004-07-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for the MESSENGER spacecraft launch is held in a vertical position for lifting up the mobile service tower. The SRB will be mated to the Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket for the Aug. 2 launch of MESSENGER to the planet Mercury. The spacecraft is expected to reach orbit around Mercury in March 2011.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd1406. NASA/KSC, 2004-07-01. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1406.

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