Public domain

Technicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for fairing installation

NASA / KSC · 2007-04-12 · photograph (digital archive)

From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for fairing installation. The fairing is a molded structure that fits around the spacecraft and forms an aerodynamically smooth nose cone, protecting the spacecraft during launch. Launch will be from a Pegasus XL rocket, carried and released by Orbital Sciences L-1011 jet aircraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation.

NASA Image and Video Library’s own description

Subjects

Pegasus XL rocket AIM spacecraft

Credit lineTechnicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for fairing installation. NASA/KSC, 2007-04-12. Public domain. ID: KSC-07PD-0967.

Open in Explore View at source