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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft / SOLAR PANEL INSTALL

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is lowered to floor of the clean room after being removed from a Ransome table. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

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