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KSC-04pd2069

NASA / KSC · 2004-10-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — The fairing (on the left) for the Swift-Delta launch is lifted up the outside of the mobile service tower at pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The fairing will encapsulate the payload and protect it while on the launch pad and during ascent. The Boeing Delta rocket is the launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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Credit lineKSC-04pd2069. NASA/KSC, 2004-10-04. Public domain. ID: KSC-04pd2069.
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