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KSC-04pd1463

NASA / KSC · 2004-07-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the MESSENGER spacecraft is lowered toward the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II third stage, for mating. MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. It will return to Earth for a gravity boost in July 2005, then fly past Venus twice, in October 2006 and June 2007.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd1463. NASA/KSC, 2004-07-12. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1463.
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