As dawn breaks at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, a crane is lowered over the nose of the Atlas payload fairing enclosing the Juno spacecraft. The fairing arrived at the launch pad in preparation for its lift to the top of the Atlas rocket stacked in the Vertical Integration Facility.
As dawn breaks at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41, a crane is lowered over the nose of the Atlas payload fairing enclosing the Juno spacecraft. The fairing arrived at the launch pad in preparation for its lift to the top of the Atlas rocket stacked in the Vertical Integration Facility.Image credit: NASA/Cory Huston
July 27, 2011