Preparations are under way to mate the second stage of a Delta IV rocket at left to the first stage.

In the Horizontal Integration Facility at Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, preparations are under way to mate the second stage of a Delta IV rocket, at left, to the first stage.

This United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket is slated to launch GOES-P, the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Launch is targeted for Feb. 25. For information on GOES-P, visit http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/spacecraft/n_p_spacecraft.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller