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Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) of Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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GLAST Arrives
Tucked inside a shipping con
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6/3/08
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Tucked inside a shipping container, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope arrives by truck at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the spacecraft will under go final preparations before launch. GLAST will launch aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. </br></br> Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</br> March 4, 2008 |
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6/3/08 |
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Opening the Package
In the Astrotech payload pro
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6/3/08
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In the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center, the shipping container covering the GLAST spacecraft is lifted to reveal the protected equipment inside. Workers will prepare for a complete checkout of the telescope's scientific instruments. </br></br> Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</br> March 4, 2008 |
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6/3/08 |
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The Reveal
In the Astrotech payload pro
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6/3/08
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In the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, General Dynamics technicians check the GLAST spacecraft as an overhead crane is lowered over it. After the crane is securely attached, the spacecraft will be lifted and moved to a work stand in the facility for a complete checkout of the scientific instruments aboard. </br></br> Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</br> March 5, 2008 |
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6/3/08 |
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GLAST Launches From Kennedy
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Spacecraft begins mission to
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Spacecraft begins mission to study gamma rays. |
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