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KSC-04pd1601

NASA / KSC · 2004-08-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mobile Service Tower begins to roll back from the pad, revealing the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket, Model 7925-H with heavy lift capability. MESSENGER is ready for liftoff on Aug. 2 at 2:16 a.m. EDT and is expected to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011.

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messenger, delta, elv
Credit lineKSC-04pd1601. NASA/KSC, 2004-08-01. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd1601.
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