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KSC-99pp0617
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The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster (right) is lifted out of its container after arriving at Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing Facility. The IUS will be mated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (at left) and then undergo testing to validate the IUS/Chandra connections and check the orbiter avionics interfaces. Following that, an end-to-end test (ETE) will be conducted to verify the communications path to Chandra, commanding it as if it were in space.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-99pp0617. NASA/KSC, 1999-06-01. Public domain. ID: KSC-99pp0617.
