Following arrival of the United Launch Alliance barge, Delta Mariner, at Port Canaveral, Fla. engineers and technicians prepare to offload the Atlas V launch vehicle that will boost the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft into orbit around the Earth.
Nov. 1, 2013 — Following arrival of the United Launch Alliance barge, Delta Mariner, at Port Canaveral, Fla. engineers and technicians prepare to offload the Atlas V launch vehicle that will boost the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft into orbit around the Earth. The rocket’s first-stage booster and Centaur upper stage will be transported to the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for checkout in preparation for launch.
Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett