Opening the Package. NASA public domain image colelction.
In the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center, the shipping container covering the GLAST spacecraft is lifted to reveal the protected equipment inside. Workers will prepare for a co... More
The Reveal. NASA public domain image colelction.
In the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, General Dynamics technicians check the GLAST spacecraft as an overhead crane is lowered over it. After the crane is securely at... More
Moon over the Cape. NASA public domain image colelction.
Under a waning moon at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Delta II rocket set to launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope is poised to receive the first of nine strap-on solid rocket boo... More
GLAST Arrives. NASA public domain image colelction.
Tucked inside a shipping container, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope arrives by truck at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the spacecraft will under go final preparations before launch. GLAST wi... More
Second Stage. NASA public domain image colelction.
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II rocket's second stage for the GLAST mission has arrived at Hangar M and is prepared for weighing. The Delta rocket will be used to launch the GLAST spacecraft. ... More
Special Delivery. NASA public domain image colelction.
The truck carrying the United Launch Alliance Delta II first stage arrives at Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta rocket will be used to launch the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Tele... More
Solar Twins. NASA public domain image colelction.
A General Dynamics technician prepares to test the deployment mechanism on GLAST's solar arrays. The telescope will explore the most extreme environments in the universe, and answer questions about supermassive... More
GLAST Get Arrays. NASA public domain image colelction.
Technicians guide one of twin solar arrays toward NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope. The spacecraft will launch aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A pow... More
First Stage. NASA public domain image colelction.
In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is uncovered on the truck trailer that delivered it. The rocket will launch the Gamma-ra... More
Delta Prepared. NASA public domain image colelction.
On Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the mobile service tower (left) approaches the Delta II rocket that will carry the GLAST spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann March 27, 2008 NASA Identi... More