Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) prepare the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them for electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers lower the suspended TDRS-J spac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers lower the suspended TDRS-J spacecraft onto a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before launch, cu... More
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predomi...
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predominantly displayed on the fairing that will encapsulate the satellite for launch. The fairing is in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulatio... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at right sits while one-half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to it. After encapsulation in the fairing... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first p...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first part of the fairing around the TDRS-J satellite before encapsulation continues. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and E...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) make final adjustments on the nose fairing surrounding the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I). Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A crane is lifted from the SLF to attach...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A crane is lifted from the SLF to attach to the container with the TDRS-J spacecraft inside (at left). The container will be placed on a transporter and taken to the Spacecraft Ass... More
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is removed from the Air Force C-17 cargo a...
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is removed from the Air Force C-17 cargo airplane that brought it from Denver, Colo.., location of the Lockheed Martin plant where the spacecraft was built. Mars Odyssey will be move... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers prepare to lift the TDRS-J space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers prepare to lift the TDRS-J spacecraft for its move to a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before ... More
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside...
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) after its arrival at KSC. The TDRS will undergo testing in the SAEF-2. One of t... More
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) conduct electrical testing on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS ... More
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Sa...
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is placed onto a transporter for its move to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for testing. The T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the two halves of the fairing before encapsulation for launch. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA-Centa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the INTELSAT V spacecraft is enclosed in a protective shroud for transport from Hangar AO to the Explosive Safe Facility for final servici... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the paylaod fairing of the Delta 182 launch vehicle is carefully moved into place as encapsulation procedures continue on the Palapa B2-P ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tec...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 SAEF-2) lift the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO after its removal ... More
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Preparations
Fully assembled, checked out and fueled for flight, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is ready for encapsulation in its protective payload fairing. Note the protective thermal blankets encasing the ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation F...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Jet Propulsion Laboratory technicians are closing up the metal "petals" of the Mars Pat... More
Workers take off the protective covering on the propulsion module for ...
Workers take off the protective covering on the propulsion module for the Cassini spacecraft after uncrating the module at KSC's Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The extended journey o... More
With its prelaunch processing completed, the GOES-K advanced weather s...
With its prelaunch processing completed, the GOES-K advanced weather satellite awaits encapsulation in the Atlas 1 payload fairing, seen at left rear. GOES-K was prepared for launch at the Astrotech Space Opera... More
Prelaunch processing begins on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE...
Prelaunch processing begins on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). ACE will investigate the origin and evolution of solar pheno... More
Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF...
Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) begin prelaunch processing of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) which will investigate the origin and evolution of solar phenome... More
Workers from the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laborator...
Workers from the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) install the Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer (CRIS) on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft in KSC’s Spacecraft Assemb... More
Applied Physics Laboratory Engineer Cliff Willey (kneeling) and Engin...
Applied Physics Laboratory Engineer Cliff Willey (kneeling) and Engineering Assistant Jim Hutcheson from Johns Hopkins University install solar array panels on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University install solar array panels on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University assist in guiding the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) as it is hoisted over a platform for solar array installation in KS... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University assist in leveling and orienting the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) as it is seated on a platform for solar array instal... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facilit... More
An Applied Physics Laboratory engineer from Johns Hopkins University ...
An Applied Physics Laboratory engineer from Johns Hopkins University tests for true perpendicular solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulat... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test for true perpendicular solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly a... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facilit... More
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft undergoes a spin te...
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft undergoes a spin test in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air S... More
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft undergoes a spin te...
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft undergoes a spin test in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air S... More
Extension of the solar panels is tested on the Advanced Composition Ex...
Extension of the solar panels is tested on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from... More
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) undergoes final prelaunch proc...
The Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) undergoes final prelaunch processing in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) before being transported to Pad A at Launch Complex 17, Cape Canav... More
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), ...
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft is encapsulated and placed into the transporter which will move it to Launch Complex 17A.... More
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), ...
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft is encapsulated and placed into the transporter which will move it to Launch Complex 17A.... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved into the Spacecraft Assem...
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved into the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) in KSC's industrial area. It arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 carg... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved onto a flatbed for transp...
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved onto a flatbed for transport to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). It arrived at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 ... More
Technicians in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (S...
Technicians in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) prepare a lifting device they will use to remove the Mars Climate Orbiter from its container (behind the workers). The Mars Climate O... More
Technicians check the connections on the workstand holding the Mars Cl...
Technicians check the connections on the workstand holding the Mars Climate Orbiter in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will p... More
Technicians in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (S...
Technicians in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) oversee the removal of the Mars Climate Orbiter from its container. The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will primar... More
Technicians lower the Mars Climate Orbiter onto its workstand in the S...
Technicians lower the Mars Climate Orbiter onto its workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will primarily support its c... More
Technicians carefully maneuver the Mars Climate Orbiter toward its wor...
Technicians carefully maneuver the Mars Climate Orbiter toward its workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will primaril... More
Technicians check the connections on the workstand holding the Mars Cl...
Technicians check the connections on the workstand holding the Mars Climate Orbiter in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will p... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Climate Orbiter (background) is moved toward the workstand being readied by technicians (foreground). The Mars Climate Orbiter is headi... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter is lifted clear of the top of its container i...
The Mars Climate Orbiter is lifted clear of the top of its container in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Climate Orbiter is heading for Mars where it will primarily suppor... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Mar...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Mars Polar Lander is loaded onto a truck after its flight aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane that carried it from the Lockheed Martin Astrona... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Mars Polar Lander awaits testing in ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Mars Polar Lander awaits testing in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Polar Lander is targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --Out of its crate, the Mars Polar Lander i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --Out of its crate, the Mars Polar Lander is maneuvered inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for testing. The Mars Polar Lander is targeted for launch ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Mars Polar Lander is uncrated in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Mars Polar Lander is uncrated in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The Mars Polar Lander is targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station abo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the protective covering for the Mars Polar Lander is removed so technicians can prepare the Lander for testing, wh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician begins testing on the Mars Polar Lander. The checkout includes a functional test of the science instr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the top of the Mars Polar Lander is removed for testing, which includes a functional test of the science instrumen... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander is secured on a workstand for testing, which includes a functional test of the science instr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the top of the Mars Polar Lander is lowered onto a portable stand. The Lander will undergo testing, including a fu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the top of the Mars Polar Lander is removed to prepare the Lander for testing, including a functional test of th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the top of the Mars Polar Lander is swung out of the way before testing, which includes a functional test of the s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the top of the Mars Polar Lander is secured on a portable stand. The Lander will undergo testing, including a func... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), technicians check underneath the Mars Polar Lander during the testing of science instruments. The solar-powered sp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTE, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTE, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician tests the science instruments and the basic spacecraft subsystems on the Mars Polar Lander. The solar-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), technicians test the science instruments and the basic spacecraft subsystems on the Mars Polar Lander. The solar-p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft is on display for the media, showing an almost fully installed set of components ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the camera takes a close look at the Mars Polar Lander. The solar-powered spacecraft is targeted for launch from C... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Climate Orbiter is on display for the media. The scheduled launch date for the Mars Climate Orbiter is Dec. 10, 1998, aboard a Boeing D... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician works on the Mars Climate Orbiter which is scheduled to launch on Dec. 10, 1998, aboard a Boeing Delt... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Climate Orbiter (foreground) and the Mars Polar Lander are on display for the media. The scheduled launch date for the Mars Climate Orb... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander is on display during a showing for the media. The solar-powered spacecraft is targeted for l... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), workers adjust the Mars Polar Lander on its workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), workers move the Mars Polar Lander to a work stand where it will undergo testing of the science instruments and ba... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician checks out the Mars Polar Lander on its workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), workers check out the solar panel on the Mars Polar Lander. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instru... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians lower the Mars Polar Lander onto a workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and basic spacecraft s... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians guide the raised Mars Polar Lander to another site. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and basic spacec... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians begin to lift the Mars Polar Lander to move it to a workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a KSC technician looks over the Mars Polar Lander before its encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cove... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians maneuver the backshell, a protective covering, to be placed over the Mars Polar Lander, sitting on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander sits on the workstand encapsulated inside the backshell, a protective cover. The solar-power... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander is in mate-to-cruise stage. The solar-powered spacecraft, targeted for launch from Cape Cana... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a KSC technician prepares the Mars Polar Lander for encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cover. The so... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians check underneath the Mars Polar Lander as it sits on a workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing tes... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a KSC technician takes part in testing science instruments and basic spacecraft subsystems on the Mars Polar Lande... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians prepare the Mars Polar Lander for encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cover. The sola... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians look over the Mars Polar Lander. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Polar Lander is prepared to receive a number of microprobes being added to the spacecraft. Scheduled to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Satish Krishnan (right) from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory places a Mars microprobe on a workstand. In the backgr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), workers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory open the drums containing the Mars microprobes that will hitchhike on ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Chris Voorhees and Satish Krishnan from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory remove a microprobe which will hitchhike on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), Tandy Bianco, with Lockheed Martin, and Satish Krishnan (foreground) and Chris Voorhees (behind him), from the Jet... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), the two Mars microprobes are shown mounted on opposite sides of the Mars Polar Lander. The two microprobes and th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), JPL workers mount a Mars microprobe onto the Mars Polar Lander. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the lander, sch... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Chris Voorhees (left) and Satish Krishnan (right), from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, remove the second Mars mic... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), a JPL worker carries a Mars microprobe to the Mars Polar Lander at left. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the la... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), Chris Voorhees (front) watches while Satish Krishnan (back) places a Mars microprobe on a workstand. Two micropro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), a JPL worker checks the Mars microprobe. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the Mars Polar Lander, scheduled to be... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), two JPL workers measure a Mars microprobe. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the Mars Polar Lander, scheduled to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), JPL workers prepare to mount a Mars microprobe onto the Mars Polar Lander. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Climate Orbiter is lifted from the workstand to move it to another site for a spin test. Targeted for la... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), the Mars Climate Orbiter is in place for its spin test. Targeted for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on Dec. 10, ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2 (SAEF-2), workers prepare the Mars Climate Orbiter for a spin test. Targeted for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on Dec. 10... More