KSC-04pd1484
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., begin placing a protective cover around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. Bagging the Mercury-bound MESSENGER precedes its placement in a transportation canister for the journey to Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff of MESSENGER aboard a Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket is scheduled for Aug. 2. The spacecraft is expected to reach orbit around the planet in March 2011. MESSENGER was built for NASA by APL.
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July 19, 2004
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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