RBSP Spacecraft Preparation
August 22, 2012
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft A for a spin test. During the spin test, the spacecraft is turned at a rate of 55 rpm to ensure that it is properly balanced.
Image credit: NASA/ Charisse Nahser
June 27, 2012
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Technology Internet, Radiation Belt Storm Probes, Spaceflight, Space exploration, Disaster Accident, Environment, Astrotech Corporation, Space, Spacecraft, NASA, Engineering, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
