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English: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., work on the back side of the MESSENGER spacecraft, mating it with the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II third stage, below. The white panel seen here is the heat-resistant, ceramic cloth sunshade that will enable MESSENGER to operate at room temperature. MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. It will return to Earth for a gravity boost in July 2005, then fly past Venus twice, in October 2006 and June 2007. It is expected to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011. MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
Français : La sonde MESSENGER en cours d'assemblage sur son lanceur Delta II. La photo montre le pare-soleil en fibre de céramique destinée à protéger la sonde de la chaleur lorsque celle-ci sera à proximité du Soleil et durant sa mission en orbite autour de Mercure. La protubérance rectangulaire en haut à gauche est une des deux antennes grand gain à balayage électronique, le cylindre en saillie en haut au milieu est une des antennes à faible gain et les quatre fenêtres entourés d'isolant doré situés aux coins sont les capteurs de 4 des 6 senseurs solaires de la sonde. |
| Date | Taken on 12 March 2004 |
| Source | http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=23310 |
| Author | NASA |
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