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Technicians watch vigilantly as NASA's Juno spacecraft is tested for center of gravity weighing and balancing on the rotation stand.

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Technicians at Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. watch vigilantly as NASA's Juno spacecraft is tested for center of gravity, weighing and balancing on the rotation stand.

Juno is scheduled to launch aboard 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/Kim Shiflett

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  • Title: Technicians watch vigilantly as NASA's Juno spacecraft is tested for center of gravity weighing and balancing on the rotation stand.
  • Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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