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12.17.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first of the four solar arrays was removed on Nov. 24, the second and third arrays were removed Nov. 25, and the last array was removed on Dec. 1.
12.10.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This week the Experiment Control Unit was removed and will be returned to Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
12.03.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In preparation for the repair necessary to the spacecraft, the payload attach fitting was removed on Nov. 20.
11.25.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Last week, in preparation for the repair necessary to the spacecraft, the payload attach fitting was removed which is used in mating it to the Delta II.
11.20.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. After a final review of test data before going to the launch pad, spacecraft management made a decision to reschedule the launch of Gravity Probe B.
11.14.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. The installation of the four solar arrays, deployment testing and lighting tests have been successfully completed.
11.05.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. Solar array installation began on Tuesday.
10.29.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. Solar array installation began on Tuesday.
10.22.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. Further testing of the Super Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) readouts are under way and will be complete this week.
10.16.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. Testing of the Super Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) readouts are under way this week.
10.09.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. The processing activities continue to go well and are on schedule.
10.01.03 - Gravity Probe B is in NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. The spacecraft and mission team have successfully completed a four-day mission simulation.
09.24.03 - Gravity Probe B is at NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. Conditioning of the dewar to a superfluid state has been completed.
09.17.03 - Gravity Probe B is at NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. The pumping down of the dewar which is filled with cryogenic liquid helium continues.
09.10.03 - Gravity Probe B is at NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. The pumping down of the dewar which is filled with cryogenic helium is continuing this week.
09.04.03 - Gravity Probe B is at NASA spacecraft processing hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. In processing activities this week, the initial filling of the dewar with cryogenic helium has been performed.
08.27.03 - NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) was successfully launched on Monday, August 25, 2003, at 1:35:39.231 a.m. EDT.
08.20.03 - The launch of NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) has been rescheduled to no earlier than Monday, Aug. 25, at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT.
08.06.03 - At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the SCISAT spacecraft was mated to the Pegasus launch vehicle on July 28.
07.30.03 - At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the SCISAT spacecraft was mated to the Pegasus launch vehicle, beginning on Monday, July 28, at 8 a.m., and completed by 10 p.m.
07.23.03 - Today the spacecraft transponder is undergoing testing.
07.17.03 - Spacecraft functional testing is underway this week.
07.11.03 - Spacecraft functional testing is underway this week. The solar arrays are being attached to the spacecraft today.
07.03.03 - The launch of the MER-B Mars Exploration Rover has been rescheduled to occur on Sunday, July 6.
06.25.03 - The Flight Readiness Review was held on June 21, and afterward, a decision was made to postpone the launch by at least a couple of days.
06.18.03 - The MER-1 rover, Opportunity, mated to the upper stage booster and contained within its payload transporter, rolled out of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on Tuesday morning, June 17 at 1:58 a.m.
06.13.03 - The MER-A Delta II launch vehicle carrying the "Spirit" Mars Exploration Rover was launched successfully from Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday, June 10.
06.04.03 - The Flight Readiness Review for MER-A was held today in the Mission Briefing Room at KSC. At its conclusion, NASA managers affirmed Sunday, June 8 as the launch date for MER-A.
05.27.03 - The MER-2 rover, mated to the upper stage booster and contained within its payload transporter rolled out of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility this morning at 2:20 a.m.
05.21.03 - Three days of spin balance testing of MER-2 is scheduled to conclude today.
05.14.03 - Mating of the MER-2 entry vehicle to the cruise stage was completed on May 7.
05.05.03 - The launch of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) air-launched Pegasus vehicle occurred on schedule on Monday, April 28 at 8 a.m.
04.25.03 - The launch of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) air-launched Pegasus vehicle is on schedule for launch over the Atlantic Ocean from Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft on Monday, April 28 at 8 a.m. EDT.
04.14.03 - It has been determined that additional time is needed to complete launch readiness evaluations for the Delta II launch vehicle prior to holding the Flight Readiness Review.
04.03.03 - Functional testing of SIRTF has been successfully completed and the spacecraft was mated to the Delta payload attach fitting on Mar. 31.
03.26.03 - The GALEX test team is taking additional time to resolve an issue with a de-mated connector found during recent testing.
03.19.03 - The GALEX test team needs additional time to resolve an issue with a de-mated connector found during recent testing.
03.13.03 - In the Multipurpose Payload Processing Facility (MPPF), mating of the GALEX spacecraft to Pegasus launch vehicle is underway today.
03.05.03 - Based on results of tests performed on the GALEX spacecraft on March 4, it has been determined that additional inspection of electrical connectors on the spacecraft is required that will require additional time for processing in the Multi-purpose Payload Processing Facility (MPPF).
02.28.03 - The Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with the Pegasus launch vehicle arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Feb. 18.
02.27.03 - The Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with the Pegasus launch vehicle arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Feb. 18.
02.19.03 - The Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with the Pegasus launch vehicle arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 4:21 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
02.12.03 - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus launch vehicle completed the second scheduled flight simulation on Sunday, Feb. 2.
02.05.03 - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus launch vehicle completed the second scheduled flight simulation (2b) on Sunday, Feb. 2.
01.29.03 - The Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System - called ProSEDS - is a tether-based propulsion experiment that draws power from the space environment around Earth, allowing the transfer of energy from the Earth to the spacecraft.
01.22.03 - In the Multipurpose Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at KSC, mating of the SORCE spacecraft to the Pegasus launch vehicle occurred on Jan. 5 and the fairing was installed around the spacecraft on Jan. 15.