Spacecraft Testing
December 12, 2012
In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians begin to rotate NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a vertical position for testing.
Following final tests, the spacecraft will be integrated to a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted June launch.
Image credit: VAFB/ Dan Liberotti
April 12, 2011
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Technology Internet, Space technology, Manned spacecraft, Spaceflight, Launch Services Program, SAC-D, USA-212, Astronautics, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Aquarius, Space Shuttle, Human spaceflight, Spacecraft
