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KSC01pp0474

NASA / KSC · 2001-03-02 · photograph (digital archive)

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The second piece of fairing that will cover the Mars Odyssey Orbiter during launch joins the first half at the top of the gantry at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter is scheduled for launch on a Delta rocket April 7, 2001. Mars Odyssey contains three science instruments: THEMIS, the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS), and the Mars Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE).

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Credit lineKSC01pp0474. NASA/KSC, 2001-03-02. Public domain. ID: KSC01pp0474.
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