A technician finishes removing protective Mylar wrapping from NASA's IRIS spacecraft in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the spacecraft will be readied for launch aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket.
A technician finishes removing protective Mylar wrapping from NASA’s IRIS spacecraft in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the spacecraft will be readied for launch aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. Image credit:
NASA/ Randy Beaudoin, VAFB April 17, 2013