RBSP Spacecraft Ready
August 26, 2012
Near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the two Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft are ready for encapsulation in the payload faring at the Astrotech payload processing facility. The fairing will house and protect the spacecraft during liftoff and flight through the atmosphere aboard an Atlas V rocket.
Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Aug. 7, 2012
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Environment, Astrotech Corporation, Radiation Belt Storm Probes, Spaceflight, Technology Internet, Transport, Space, Van Allen radiation belt, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
