The encapsulated spacecraft GOES-N is ready to be lifted into the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It will be mated with a Boeing Delta IV rocket for launch. GOES-N is the latest in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites for NOAA and NASA providing continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. GOES-N is scheduled for launch May 18. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller