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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility examine one of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Processing of the rovers, cruise stage, lander and heat shield elements is ongoing. Set to launch in 2003, the MER Mission will consist of two identical rovers designed to cover roughly 110 yards each Martian day. Each rover will carry five scientific instruments that will allow it to search for evidence of liquid water that may have been present in the planet's past. The rovers will be identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. The first rover has a launch window opening May 30, and the second rover a window opening June 25, 2003. KSC-03pd0760

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance employee Harrell Watts (right) installs Thermal Protection System tiles on a main landing gear door of Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101). Sections of Enterprise were borrowed from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum where the orbiter is being stored at the Washington Dulles International Airport. Enterprise was the first orbiter built in the Shuttle fleet and was used to conduct the Approach and Landing Test Program before the first powered Shuttle flight. After the tile installation is complete, the sections will be transferred to the Southwest Research Institute for testing requested by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. KSC-03pd1079

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers watch as the Mars Exploration Rover-2 (MER-2) rolls over ramps to test its mobility and maneuverability. Set to launch in Spring 2003, the MER Mission will consist of two identical rovers designed to cover roughly 110 yards each Martian day over various terrain. Each rover will carry five scientific instruments that will allow it to search for evidence of liquid water that may have been present in the planet's past. The rovers will be identical to each other, but will land at different regions of Mars. The first rover has a launch window opening May 30, and the second rover a window opening June 25. KSC-03pd0790

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Внутри здания 1555 на базе ВВС Ванденберг в Калифорнии восемь космических аппаратов NASA Cyclone Global Network System (CYGNSS), установленных на их модуле, проходят проверку перед космическим центром НАСА имени Кеннеди во Флориде. Испытания подготовят космический аппарат к запуску на борту ракеты Orbital ATK Pegasus. После завершения подготовительных работ в Ванденберге ракета будет прикреплена к самолету-носителю Orbital ATK L-1011 с полезной нагрузкой. CYGNSS будет запущен на ракете Pegasus с базы ВВС на мысе Канаверал. CYGNSS будет производить частые и точные измерения океанских поверхностных ветров на протяжении всего жизненного цикла ураганов и ураганов. Данные, которые предоставляет CYGNSS, позволят ученым исследовать ключевые процессы взаимодействия воздуха и моря, происходящие вблизи ядра штормов, которые быстро меняются и играют решающую роль в начале и усилении ураганов.

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