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The Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft waits for launch at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air...
Inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers guide the Stardust spacecraft toward an...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers guide a protective canister as it is lowered over the Stardust...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft waits for installation of the fairing...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the spacecraft Stardust is on display for a media presentation....
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft is revealed after removal of a protective...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the spacecraft Stardust being lowered in order to...
The cover is removed from the Stardust spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prior to a media...
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, as tower rollback begins, a Boeing Delta II rocket undergoes final...
Workers inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, guide the third stage of a Boeing Delta II...
As tower rollback begins, the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft waits on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape...
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Sample Caching System...
NASA’s Genesis mission has completed the capture of solar-wind particles in its specially designed collector arrays....
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin placing the fairing around the Stardust spacecraft and...
This artist's concept shows Mars Sample Return Earth Entry System. The vehicle would bring curated Martian samples...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft, attached to the third stage of a Boeing...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the overhead crane lifting the Stardust spacecraft....
In the late morning light at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Cananveral Air Station, the fixed utility tower (right) casts a...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility keep watch as an overhead crane lowers the Stardust spacecraft,...
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Sample Caching System...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the lower fittings of the fairing installed around the...
Completely enclosed in a protective canister, the spacecraft Stardust is moved by a crane toward a transporter in...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the final adjustments on the protective canister...