NPP Spacecraft at Launch Pad
January 15, 2013
Workers at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 prepare to hoist NASA’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft, which is tucked inside a protective payload transportation canister.
Image credit: NASA/Mark P. Mackley, VAFB
Oct. 12, 2011
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Space technology, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Suomi NPP, NPOESS Preparatory Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Polar, NPOESS, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
