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Workers at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, ensure the successful mating of the second stage of a Boeing Delta...
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a fourth and final solid rocket booster (SRB) (right) is moved from the...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a worker (left) conducts lighting tests on the fully extended solar...
Bright white light (left) and blue light (upper right) appear on the solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft during...
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker helps guide the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket as it is...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers get ready to rotate the Stardust spacecraft before deploying...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check closely the solar arrays on...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers get ready to install the Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and -X...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check solar panels on the Stardust spacecraft before performing...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers inspect the aerogel grid from the Stardust Sample Return...
The second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket arrives at the top of the tower at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station...
A solid rocket booster is lifted off a transport vehicle for its transfer to the mobile launch tower at Pad 17A,...
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a Boeing Delta II rocket waits with its four solid rocket boosters for final...
The first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is guided to its vertical position on the tower at Launch Complex 17,...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers adjust the solar panels of the Stardustspacecraft before...
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket arrives for mating with the...
A solid rocket booster is lifted up the mobile launch tower at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station. It will be mated...
A fourth and final Solid Rocket Booster arrives at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station to be mated with a Boeing...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility watch as the Stardust spacecraft is lowered before deploying...
Workers at the top of the tower at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, watch as the second stage of a Boeing Delta...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the aerogel grid is fully deployed from the Stardust Sample Return...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at the Space Station Processing Facility perform a fit check of the Thermal...
The second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket begins its move up the tower at Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station,...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers raise the Stardust spacecraft from its workstand to move it to...