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Parker Solar Probe

Inside its protective shipping container, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is loaded into a C-17 from the United States Air Force’s 436th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in the early morning of April 3, 2018. From Joint Base Andrews, the spacecraft was flown to Titusville, Florida, where it was taken to Astrotech Space Operations for pre-launch testing and preparations.

 

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Jeffrey Fiske

 

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Uploaded on April 5, 2018
Taken on April 3, 2018