KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, a crane is attached to the shipping container to remove it from around the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the as... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two trucks (one air-ride, one flat-bed)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two trucks (one air-ride, one flat-bed) deliver the Dawn spacecraft, as well as additional electrical and ground support equipment and xenon ground support equipment, to Astrotech... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers make final checks of the Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the Daw... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a second solid rocket booster is ready to be lifted into the mobile service tower. It will be attached to the Delta II fi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Solid rocket boosters arrive on Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Solid rocket boosters arrive on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to be mated to the Delta II rocket waiting there. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the Daw... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians check data during the loading of xenon for the ion propulsion system in the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explor... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is on display for a media showing. On each side are the folded solar array panels. The "box" in the upper center is the visual and infrared map... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers check the movement...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers check the movement of the Dawn spacecraft, at left, toward the upper stage booster at right. The two elements will be mated for launch. Dawn's goal is to c... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move anothe...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move another segment of the lower canister onto the workstand holding the Dawn spacecraft. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be transported to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the fi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the first segment of the lower canister around the upper stage booster below the Dawn spacecraft. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be tra... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians place anot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians place another segment of the canister around the upper stage booster below the Dawn spacecraft. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be transport... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the p...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the partially enclosed Dawn spacecraft into another room to complete the canning. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be transported to Lau... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the canister surrounding NASA's Dawn spacecraft in the mobile service tower. The spacecraft was clad in a ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the canister surrounding NASA's Dawn spacecraft in the mobile service tower. The spacecraft was clad in a s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the shipping container ho...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the shipping container holding the Dawn spacecraft is moved into the high bay of the Payload Processing Facility. The spacecraft will next be removed from the conta... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers prepare to deploy the solar panels of the Dawn spacecraft. The panels will be tested and undergo black light inspection. Dawn's mission is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers begin checking the solar panels of the Dawn spacecraft. The panels will also undergo black light inspection. Dawn's mission is to explore t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers deploy the solar panels of the Dawn spacecraft. The panels will be tested and undergo black light inspection. Dawn's mission is to explore... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers pr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers prepare the Dawn spacecraft for installation of its solar array panels. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intrigui... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers get ready to test ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers get ready to test deploy the large solar array panels on one side of the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intrig... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft, inside its shipping...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft, inside its shipping container, is moved out of the Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility for transfer to the Hazardous Processing Facility for fueling. Dawn ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians are securing t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians are securing the sun shade over the high gain antenna on the Dawn spacecraft. Made of germanium kapton, the shade, which is RF transparent, is placed ov... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians examine th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians examine the lower canister they placed around the bottom of the Dawn spacecraft. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be transported to Launch Pa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers prepare NASA's Dawn spacecraft mated to the Delta II upper stage booster, for hoisting up into the mobile service ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the top of Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the top of Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers help to guide NASA’s Dawn spacecraft into position for stacking with the Delta II launch vehicle. Launc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft moves out of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft moves out of the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla., for transportation to Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and mate to the Delta II... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers separate the Dawn spacecraft from the Delta II second stage. Dawn is being returned to the Astrotech payload processing fa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for mating with the waiting Delta II rocket. Dawn is scheduled for... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Nearly enveloped by the smoke after igni...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Nearly enveloped by the smoke after ignition, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft rises from the smoke and fire on the launch pad to begin its 1.7-billion-mile jour... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the Dawn spacec...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the Dawn spacecraft on top waits in the early morning light for launch. Liftoff was at 7:34 a.m. EDT from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. D... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunrise, the Delta II rocket ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunrise, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft rose from its launch pad to begin its 1.7-billion-mile journey through the inner solar system to study a pai... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers b...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers begin black light testing on the solar panels of the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, two Dutch technicians ex...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, two Dutch technicians examine the Dawn spacecraft after deployment of the solar panels on one side. Dawn is scheduled to launch June 30 aboard a Delta II rocket fr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers move equipment ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers move equipment holding a set of solar array panels. The panels will be installed on the Dawn spacecraft. Another set was installed previously. Together,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, a suspended set of solar ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, a suspended set of solar array panels is opened prior to installation on the Dawn spacecraft. Another set was installed previously. Dawn is scheduled to launch June... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician monitors the loading of xenon for the ion propulsion system in the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is r...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for spin-balance testing. After the test, Dawn will then be mated to the upper stage booster, installed into a spacecraft transportati... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians at Astrotech prepare the Da...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians at Astrotech prepare the Dawn spacecraft for spin-balance testing. After the test, Dawn will then be mated to the upper stage booster, installed into a spacecraft tran... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians begin securing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians begin securing the sun shade over the high gain antenna on the Dawn spacecraft. Made of germanium kapton, the shade, which is RF transparent, is placed ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, photographers dressed in c...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, photographers dressed in clean-room suits are able to shoot the Dawn spacecraft in its entirety before it is prepared for launch. Seen on each side are the folded so... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the upper stage booster wa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the upper stage booster waits at right for mating to the Dawn spacecraft at left. Dawn is scheduled to launch July 7 from Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the fi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians move the first segment of the lower canister around the upper stage booster below the Dawn spacecraft. When enclosed in the canister, Dawn will be tra... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers attach a crane to NASA's Dawn spacecraft. It will be lifted into the mobile service tower for mating to the Delta ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers check the fitting on the lower transportation canister segments in place around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted off its transporter. Dawn will be lifted into the mobile service tower and prepared for mati... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers in the mobile service tower keep watch as the Dawn spacecraft is lowered toward the awaiting Delta II rocket. Dawn... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the lower segments of the transportation canister away from the Dawn spacecraf... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at right), is retracted on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost from th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, a crane lifts the shipping container from the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguing... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, technicians help secure the Dawn spacecraft onto a moveable stand. Dawn will be moved into clean room C for unbagging and further pro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker guides a transporter into place to receive the Delta II first stage. The Delta will be moved to the launch pad. Dawn's... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its successful transfer to a tran...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its successful transfer to a transporter, the Delta II first stage is ready to move out of Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Dawn's mission is to explore two of... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers prepare the Dawn spacecraft for thermal blanket installation. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguing and di... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of a Delta II rocket is ready for raising to a vertical position. Once vertical, the rocket will be lifted... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside Astrotech's Hazardous Processing ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, the shipping container is removed from around the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn will be moved to a scale for weighing and then prepared ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Payload Processing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, technicians secure the dolly holding the Dawn spacecraft so Dawn can be lifted safely and transferred to a transporter. Dawn will be mo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mobile service towers on Launch Pads...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mobile service towers on Launch Pads 17-A (left) and 17-B (right) are silhouetted against the pre-dawn sky at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. In the background are the launch... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, photographers dressed in c...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, photographers dressed in clean-room suits are able to shoot the Dawn spacecraft in its entirety before it is prepared for launch. Seen on each side are the folded so... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers help guide an over...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers help guide an overhead crane to be attached to the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn will be lifted from its stand, moved and then mated to the upper stage booster for la... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the canister surrounding NASA's Dawn spacecraft in the mobile service tower. The spacecraft was clad in a s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lowered from the mobile service tower to the ground. Dawn is being returned to the Astrotech payload process... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Still on its transporter, the Dawn space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Still on its transporter, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for removal of its canister at the Astrotech payload processing facility. Dawn was returned from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Ca... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers guide the upper transportation canister as it is lowered onto the Dawn spacecraft. The canister will be attached to the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is moved toward the opening above the Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. Dawn will be mated... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker monitors the progress of the re...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker monitors the progress of the retraction of the mobile service tower, or gantry, from the Delta II rocket on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting w... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Against a backdrop of clouds on the hori...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Against a backdrop of clouds on the horizon, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Dawn spacecraft rises from the smoke and fire on the launch pad to begin its 1.7-billion-mile journ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In clean room C of Astrotech's Payload ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In clean room C of Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, a worker wears a "bunny suit," or clean-room attire, next to the Dawn spacecraft, which will be unbagged and undergo fu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Hangar A&O at Cape Canaveral Air For...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Hangar A&O at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II second stage for the Dawn spacecraft is ready for transfer to the launch pad. Dawn's mission is to explore two of t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, the Dawn s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft, secure on a work stand, is moved to another room for solar panel installation. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers fold the large sol...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers fold the large solar array panels on one side of the Dawn spacecraft. The panels will be tested for deployment and stowage. Dawn's mission is to explore two... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the more than 32-foot-lon...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the more than 32-foot-long solar panels on one side of the Dawn spacecraft are fully deployed during a test. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a second solid rocket booster arrives under the mobile service tower. It will join the first, seen above, and be attached... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a third solid rocket booster is raised to a vertical position. It will be lifted into the mobile service tower for attachm... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians are loading the Dawn spacecraft with xenon gas for the ion propulsion system. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the as... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician checks the connections for loading the Dawn spacecraft with xenon gas for the ion propulsion system. Dawn's mission is t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians lift the sun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians lift the sun shade to be installed over the high gain antenna on the Dawn spacecraft. Made of germanium kapton, the shade, which is RF transparent, is... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, an overhead crane moves th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, an overhead crane moves the Dawn spacecraft across the floor toward the upper stage booster for mating. Dawn is scheduled to launch July 7 from Pad 17-B on Cape Cana... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers complete removing the canister surrounding NASA's Dawn spacecraft in the mobile service tower. The spacecraft was... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At the Astrotech payload processing fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At the Astrotech payload processing facility, workers separate the upper and lower canisters around the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn was returned from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At the Astrotech payload processing fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At the Astrotech payload processing facility, workers remove the lower canister from around the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn was returned from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Forc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft has been separated from the Delta II second stage. Dawn is being returned to the Astrotech payload processing ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers move the platform with the Dawn spacecraft. They are preparing to install the transportation canister around Dawn for tr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the upper transportation canister is securely attached to the lower segments. The canister will protect the space... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lowered toward the awaiting Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. Dawn will be mated with th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket stands ready for lau...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket stands ready for launch following rollback of the mobile service tower, or gantry, on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the shipping container ho...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the shipping container holding the Dawn spacecraft is removed from the truck. The container will then be moved into the high bay of the Payload Processing Facility ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, technicians roll the Dawn spacecraft into clean room C for unbagging and further processing. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In clean room C of Astrotech's Payload ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In clean room C of Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, technicians dressed in "bunny suits," or clean-room attire, begin working on the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Larry Penepent, manager of Launch Operations Engineering with United Launch Alliance, oversees the transfer of the Delta II f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers prepare the Dawn spacecraft for thermal blanket installation. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguing and di... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers (in the backgro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers (in the background) secure a crane onto a set of solar array panels that will be installed on the Dawn spacecraft, at right. Another set was installed pre... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --At Astrotech's Payload Processing Facilit...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --At Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility, technicians check the progress of the shipping container as it is lowered around the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn will be moved to the Hazardou... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers prepare the solid rocket booster to be raised off the transporter. The SRB is one of nine to be mated to the Delta... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians at Astrotech check the Daw...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians at Astrotech check the Dawn spacecraft before spin-balance testing. After the test, Dawn will then be mated to the upper stage booster, installed into a spacecraft t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Dawn spacecraft is lowered into the hole toward the Delta first sta... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Dawn spacecraft arrives at the upper level of the mobile service to... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers maneuver the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle onto the first stage for mating. The Delta II-Heavy, man... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second stage of the Delta II launc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Dawn spacecraft is lifted alongside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It w... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians begin placing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, technicians begin placing the sun shade over the high gain antenna on the Dawn spacecraft. Made of germanium kapton, the shade, which is RF transparent, is placed ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is on display for a media showing. On each side are the folded solar array panels. At the top is the high gain antenna, covered by a sun shade. ... More