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05.09.08 - NASA management currently is targeting no earlier than June 3 for the liftoff of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, atop a Delta II rocket.
05.02.08 - At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a cryogenic test of the Delta II first stage for the GLAST mission is scheduled for May 7. This test includes a countdown and the loading aboard of liquid oxygen as a leak check of the first stage.
04.25.08 - At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II second stage was hoisted into position on Tuesday. Upcoming milestones include a cryogenic test of the first stage using liquid oxygen, along with an associated countdown operation.
04.18.08 - At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the GLAST mission's Delta II second stage is planned to be hoisted atop the first stage on Monday. This week, work to complete the manufacturing, testing and evaluation of the new H-beam associated with the lifting of the second stage was completed.
04.11.08 - At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II first stage and nine solid rocket boosters have been erected. During preparations to hoist the second stage atop the first stage, an incident occurred which caused an adapter beam associated with the lifting operation to fracture.
04.04.08 - The GLAST spacecraft's solar array illumination test is occurring today. This weekend, the work to install the Ku-band communications transmitter will begin. A functional test will follow on Tuesday.
03.28.08 - The spacecraft comprehensive performance tests continue on GLAST. Next week, the illumination test of the twin solar arrays is scheduled to occur on Wednesday, and they will then be stowed for flight on Thursday.
03.21.08 - Twin solar arrays were attached to the GLAST spacecraft on Thursday, March 20. A solar array deployment test is under way today and will be followed by a solar array illumination test on April 2.
03.14.08 - Prelaunch preparations are under way on NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope after the spacecraft's arrival in Florida on March 4.