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KSC-98pc1767

NASA / KSC · 1998-12-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Wrapped in a protective covering, the Mars Climate Orbiter with its upper stage booster is lowered in preparation for mating to the second stage of a Boeing Delta II (7425) rocket at Launch Complex 17, Pad A, Cape Canaveral Air Station. Targeted for liftoff on Dec. 10, 1998, the orbiter will be the first spacecraft to be launched in the pair of Mars ’98 missions.

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Credit lineKSC-98pc1767. NASA/KSC, 1998-12-03. Public domain. ID: KSC-98pc1767.
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