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Spacecraft Readied for the Pad

Spacecraft Readied for the Pad
Inside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Aquarius spacecraft is secure inside the United Launch Alliance's Delta II payload fairing. Aquarius will be integrated to the Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted liftoff. Image credit: NASA/VAFB May 28, 2011

Inside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA’s Aquarius spacecraft is secure inside the United Launch Alliance’s Delta II payload fairing. Aquarius will be integrated to the Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted liftoff. Image credit: NASA/VAFB May 28, 2011