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Collection:
NASA Mars Collecton
title:
Spacecraft Shrouded: Encapsulation
Description:
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility stand by as the first half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (right) for installation. The fairing protects the spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. Launch of the orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket will be from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in a window opening Aug. 10.

Credit: NASA
section:
Spacecraft
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)
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SPD-MARS-mro/gallery /spacecraft/KSC-MRO_ Encapsulation.html
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Spacecraft Shrouded: Encapsulation