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The first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is secured into position inside the Pad 17B gantry.

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NASA
Washington, DC, United States

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is secured into position inside the Pad 17B gantry. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit.


The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch September 8, 2011. For more information visit: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

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  • Title: The first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is secured into position inside the Pad 17B gantry.
  • Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
  • About Title: To help you find images you’re searching for, previously untitled images have been labelled automatically based on their description

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