Image:FUSE prelaunch.jpg
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The FUSE satellite is moved to a payload attach fitting in Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station
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Suspended by a crane in Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station, NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite is lowered onto a circular Payload Attach Fitting (PAF). FUSE is undergoing a functional test of its systems, plus installation of flight batteries and solar arrays. Developed by The Johns Hopkins University under contract to Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., FUSE will investigate the origin and evolution of the lightest elements in the universe - hydrogen and deuterium. In addition, the FUSE satellite will examine the forces and process involved in the evolution of the galaxies, stars and planetary systems by investigating light in the far ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. FUSE is scheduled to be launched May 27 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket at Launch Complex 17. |
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http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/1999/captions/KSC-99PP-0496.html |
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03-May-1999 |
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NASA, Image ID: KSC-99PP-0496 |
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