
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Workers load half of a payload fairing inside a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California where it will be processed and used for NASA's IRIS mission. The fairing will be fitted to the nose of an Orbital Sciences Pegasus rocket and will protect the IRIS spacecraft from atmospheric heating and stress during launch. Photo credit: VAFB_Randy Beaudoin
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March 22, 2013
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