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GLAST Under Wraps
Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers secure the top of the payload fairing into place around the GLAST spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structure that fits flush with the outside surface of the Delta II upper stage booster and forms an aerodynamically smooth nose cone, protecting the spacecraft during launch and ascent. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann May 27, 2008