The sun rises over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The sun rises over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In view at right are the Rotation/Processing Building and the mobile launcher, one of the key elements of ground support equipment being upgraded by the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy to accommodate the weight, size and thrust at launch of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.

On this particular morning, preparations are underway for a launch from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a part of the spaceport which neighbors Kennedy Space Center. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky