The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Solar Orbiter spacecraft is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. 8, 2020. Solar Orbiter is an international cooperative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. The mission aims to study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar wind. The spacecraft will provide the first images of the Sun’s poles. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch. The spacecraft has been developed by Airbus Defence and Space. Solar Orbiter will launch Feb. 9, 2020 aboard the Atlas V rocket.
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KSC-20200208-MH-GEB01-0001-Solar_Orbiter_Rollout_to_Pad-3241964
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February 8, 2020
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NASA/Glenn Benson
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SLC-41
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