Astronomy 135 - Voyager 2 - In Launch Vehicle - 1977
The Voyager 2 spacecraft, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is seen in August 1977, as it was being hoisted upward for attachment to its launch vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The launch vehicle, shown here, is a Titan III E/ Centaur rocket, which stands nearly 50 m (164 ft) high and weighs almost 635,000 kg (1.4 million lb).
Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC
Via:
supernova.eso.org/exhibition/images/PIA21727/
Astronomy 135 - Voyager 2 - In Launch Vehicle - 1977
The Voyager 2 spacecraft, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is seen in August 1977, as it was being hoisted upward for attachment to its launch vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The launch vehicle, shown here, is a Titan III E/ Centaur rocket, which stands nearly 50 m (164 ft) high and weighs almost 635,000 kg (1.4 million lb).
Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC
Via:
supernova.eso.org/exhibition/images/PIA21727/