Delta 4-Heavy rolled to launch padBY STEPHEN CLARKSPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: October 2, 2014
United Launch Alliance transferred a 170-foot-long Delta 4-Heavy rocket booster to Cape Canaveral's Complex 37B launch pad Tuesday night, and ground crews raised the rocket upright Wednesday to begin final flight preparations ahead of a Dec. 4 liftoff on the first orbital flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper |
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