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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — A worker (left) at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., questions another worker about the oxygen connection in his protective suit before spacecraft propellant loading of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft. Liftoff of MESSENGER aboard a Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket, bound for Mercury, is scheduled for Aug. 2. The spacecraft is expected to reach orbit around the planet in March 2011.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-04pd1433. NASA/KSC, 2004-07-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1433.
