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A General Dynamics technician in the Astrotech payload processing facility releases a corner of the protective cover after its arrival.

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A General Dynamics technician in the Astrotech payload processing facility releases a corner of the protective cover over NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, after its arrival. GLAST will be moved to a work stand in the facility for a complete checkout of the telescope's scientific instruments. The telescope will launch aboard a Delta II rocket May 16 from Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A powerful space observatory, the GLAST will explore the most extreme environments in the universe, and answer questions about supermassive black hole systems, pulsars and the origin of cosmic rays. It also will study the mystery of powerful explosions known as gamma-ray bursts. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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  • Title: A General Dynamics technician in the Astrotech payload processing facility releases a corner of the protective cover after its arrival.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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