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In the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California workers raise the overhead crane.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

In the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers raise the overhead crane that will be attached to the shipping container that covers NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft. The satellite will survey the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, creating a cosmic clearinghouse of hundreds of millions of objects, which will be catalogued, providing a vast storehouse of knowledge about the solar system, the Milky Way, and the universe. Launch is scheduled no earlier than Dec. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Doug Kolkow, VAFB

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  • Title: In the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California workers raise the overhead crane.
  • Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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