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NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
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NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
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Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC?s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). The wire hanging from the ceiling above the black solar array panel is used for "g-negation," which takes the weight off of the panel?s hinges to simulate zero gravity, mimicking deployment in space. Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station on Aug. 25, ACE will study low-energy particles of solar origin and high-energy galactic particles. The collecting power of instruments aboard ACE is 10 to 1,000 times greater than anything previously flown to collect similar data by NASA
Description
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC?s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). The wire hanging from the ceiling above the black solar array panel is used for "g-negation," which takes the weight off of the panel?s hinges to simulate zero gravity, mimicking deployment in space. Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station on Aug. 25, ACE will study low-energy particles of solar origin and high-energy galactic particles. The collecting power of instruments aboard ACE is 10 to 1,000 times greater than anything previously flown to collect similar data by NASA
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07/24/1997
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07/24/1997
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NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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WIRE
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WIRE
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Explorer
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Explorer
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ACE
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ACE
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Florida
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Florida
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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07-24-1997
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07-24-1997
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1997
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1997
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KSC-97PC-1126
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KSC-97PC-1126
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SPD-KSCMA-KSC-97PC-1 126
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SPD-KSCMA-KSC-97PC-1 126
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