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Workers prepare NASA's Genesis spacecraft for transport to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for launch.

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Washington, DC, United States

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers prepare NASA's Genesis spacecraft for transport to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility in KSC's industrial area where it will undergo final preparations;for launch.; The spacecraft arrived aboard an Air Force C-17 aircraft from Denver, Colo., where it was built for NASA by Lockheed Martin Astronautics.; Genesis is designed to capture samples of the ions and elements in the solar wind and return them to Earth for scientists to use to determine the exact composition of the Sun and the solar system's origin. Launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for July 30 at 12:36 p.m. EDT.; NASA's Genesis project in managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif

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  • Title: Workers prepare NASA's Genesis spacecraft for transport to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for launch.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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