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Ref : S10257
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : The Cassini spacecraft awaits placement of its payload fairing at Launch Pad 40
Caption :
(09/21/1997) --- The Cassini spacecraft awaits placement of its payload fairing at Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) to protect Cassini during launch. Scheduled for launch in mid-October, the Cassini mission is a joint US-European four-year orbital surveillance of Saturn's atmosphere and magnetosphere, its rings, and its moons, seeks insight into the origins and evolution of the early solar system. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is managing the Cassini project
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