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KSC-05pd2588
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the two fairing sections are ready to be moved in place around the New Horizons spacecraft (in center) for encapsulation. The fairing protects the spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once out of the atmosphere, the fairing is jettisoned.
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Credit lineKSC-05pd2588. NASA/KSC, 2005-12-13. Public domain. ID: KSC-05pd2588.
