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Collection:
NASA Mars Collecton
title:
Countdown Nears: Final Tests
Description:
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft performed an integrated system test with its Atlas V rocket on Monday, August 1, 2005, in the Atlas Vertical Integration Facility. This test confirmed the team's ability to communicate with the orbiter atop the rocket. Preparations are underway for a final simulated countdown on Thursday, August, 4, 2005.

Pictured is the encapsulated Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter inside the Vertical Integration Facility on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Credit: NASA
section:
Launch
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Atlas
facet_what:
MRO
facet_what:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
August 1, 2005
facet_when:
August, 4, 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
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Countdown Nears: Final Tests