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SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY
Image 1:
In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the orbiter Atlantis is being raised to a vertical position. It will be lifted up and over the cross-beam into high bay 1 and mated with the Solid Rocket Boosters and External Tank already stacked there on the Mobile Launcher Platform. (2005)
Image Credit: NASA/KSC
More Information:
Kennedy Space Center
Image 2:
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been lifted off the rotation stand and is being moved toward a Mars Orbit Insertion Thruster assembly stand for testing. (2005)
Image Credit: NASA/KSC
More Information:
Mars Recconnaissance Orbiter home page
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