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KSC-05pd2308
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, both parts of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket fairing to be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft are moved into place for encapsulation. The fairing encloses the spacecraft to protect it during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-05pd2308. NASA/KSC, 2005-10-06. Public domain. ID: KSC-05pd2308.
