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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lower...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is ready for mating to the AIM...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lower the spacecraft handling fixture...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician mates the AIM spacecraft, at left, to the Orbital Sciences...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to mate the AIM...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lower the AIM spacecraft onto a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the third stage of the Orbital Sciences...
ISS017-E-011632 (22 July 2008) --- Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper...
S117-E-06998 (10 June 2007) --- Polar Mesospheric Clouds are featured in this image photographed by a STS-117...
The Pegasus rocket successfully carried the AIM spacecraft into orbit. AIM will fly three instruments designed to...
The L-1011 carrier aircraft takes off and heads for the drop point to launch the Pegasus rocket carrying AIM. The...
NASA Commentator George Diller interviews AIM Principal Investigator James Russell. The AIM spacecraft will fly...
The solid rocket boosters have successfully separated from the spacecraft. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
Launch Director Omar Baez polls the AIM mission team for flight readiness. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
NASA Launch Director Omar Baez provides commentary on the successful AIM launch. The AIM spacecraft will fly three...
The L-1011 carrier aircraft taxis on the runway carrying the Pegasus rocket that will deliver the AIM spacecraft...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers roll the AIM...
In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians remove covers from instruments in the...