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The four MMS observatories each undergo what's called a spin test, to learn how well the spacecraft is balanced....
At Astrotech Space Operations, the integrated THEMIS spacecraft is spinning on the spin table, part of spin-balance...
In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, workers guide the integrated THEMIS spacecraft...
In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, workers attach an overhead crane to the...
In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, workers get ready to move the integrated THEMIS...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the integrated THEMIS spacecraft is ready for spin-balance testing. THEMIS consists...
At Astrotech Space Operations, workers prepare the integrated THEMIS spacecraft for spin-balance testing. THEMIS...
At Astrotech Space Operations, workers look over the integrated THEMIS spacecraft before spin-balance testing....
At Astrotech Space Operations, the integrated THEMIS spacecraft is on ready for spin-balance testing. THEMIS...
During preparations for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory launch on Sept. 6,...
In the Hazardous Processing Facility at Astrotech Space Operations, a worker checks data on the integrated THEMIS...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the media are dressed in clean room, or bunny, suits to photograph the integrated...
At Astrotech Space Operations, the media are dressed in clean room, or bunny, suits to photograph the integrated...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, move the STEREO...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, prepare to move the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, move the STEREO...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, move the STEREO...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, move the STEREO...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STEREO spacecraft sits on a test stand inside the Astrotech facility in Titusville,...
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin...
An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload...
An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a spin table for spin testing in...
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft will undergo spin...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians secure the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside...