cass_v_c_o_KPP (KSC-96PC-444)
“In KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), assembly is complete of the Cassini Trailbazer, a model of the Cassini spacecraft slated to embark on an interplanetary journey to Saturn in October 1997. The Trailblazer will be transferred to the launch pad at Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will undergo a series of fit checks with pad interfaces and the Titan IV expendable vehicle that will launch it into space. Access checks to the spacecraft for both personnel and equipment also will be conducted, as well as validation of the spacecraft timelines and procedures that will be used once the actual Cassini spacecraft arrives next year. The Trailblazer is scheduled to spend about two weeks at Complex 40 before being transported back to the PHSF to undergo preparations for its return to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. JPL is managing the Cassini project for NASA and several international partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and several separate European academic and industrial contributors.”
See/read also:
www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/329124main_04.12.96.pdf
Who knew??? Did you??? I didn’t!!!
Cassini: First year eligible “Unmanned Spacecraft Hall of Fame” inductee…a no-brainer.
Easily a “Top 3” of all-time & arguably…No. 1.
cass_v_c_o_KPP (KSC-96PC-444)
“In KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), assembly is complete of the Cassini Trailbazer, a model of the Cassini spacecraft slated to embark on an interplanetary journey to Saturn in October 1997. The Trailblazer will be transferred to the launch pad at Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will undergo a series of fit checks with pad interfaces and the Titan IV expendable vehicle that will launch it into space. Access checks to the spacecraft for both personnel and equipment also will be conducted, as well as validation of the spacecraft timelines and procedures that will be used once the actual Cassini spacecraft arrives next year. The Trailblazer is scheduled to spend about two weeks at Complex 40 before being transported back to the PHSF to undergo preparations for its return to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. JPL is managing the Cassini project for NASA and several international partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and several separate European academic and industrial contributors.”
See/read also:
www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/329124main_04.12.96.pdf
Who knew??? Did you??? I didn’t!!!
Cassini: First year eligible “Unmanned Spacecraft Hall of Fame” inductee…a no-brainer.
Easily a “Top 3” of all-time & arguably…No. 1.