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KSC-04pd1437
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Suited workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., begin propellant loading of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft (seen in the background). 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-04pd1437. NASA/KSC, 2004-07-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1437.
