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In the Astrotech facility preparations are under way to lift the Juno spacecraft onto a transporter for its trip to Space Launch Complex 41.

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In the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to lift the Juno spacecraft, enclosed in an Atlas payload fairing, onto a transporter for its trip to Space Launch Complex 41.

The fairing will protect the spacecraft from the impact of aerodynamic pressure and heating during ascent and will be jettisoned once the spacecraft is outside the Earth's atmosphere. Juno is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 5.The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

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  • Title: In the Astrotech facility preparations are under way to lift the Juno spacecraft onto a transporter for its trip to Space Launch Complex 41.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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