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Space Shuttle/Rocket Lift Off (1100 images)
Title : The access tower around the Athena II rocket for the Lunar Prospector spacecraft
Caption :
(12/16/1997) --- The access tower around the Athena II rocket for the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, to be launched for NASA by Lockheed Martin, was rolled back today at Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Station for final prelaunch preparations. The small robotic spacecraft is designed to provide the first global maps of the Moon's surface compositional elements and its gravitational and magnetic fields. The launch of Lunar Prospector is currently scheduled for Jan. 5, 1998 at 8:31 p.m
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