Countdown to Launch: Parker Solar Probe's Path To Launch Pad

Posted on 2018-08-09 20:50:34

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, secured inside its payload fairing, was moved July 30, 2018, from nearby Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, to Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The following day, the spacecraft was lifted and attached to the top of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility.

-NASA

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Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman
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RolltoPadAndLift

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Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman
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RolltoPadAndLift

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Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman
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RolltoPadAndLift

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Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman
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