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1968. The 103 Apollo Command/Service Module is shown being mated to the Instrument Unit atop the three-stage Apollo/Saturn 503 Launch Vehicle inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.

1969. The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module is being mated to the Saturn V Lunar Module Adapter.

1971. Apollo 16 Commander, John Young, center; and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, foreground, inspect the Lunar Roving Vehicle they will use for transportation on the Moon during a Deployment Test in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center.

1972. The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project Apollo. A mission simulation to check out the lunar roving vehicle and all its systems was successfully carried out.

1989. The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors three days before launch.

1989. In the Vertical Processing Facility, the spacecraft Galileo is prepared for mating with the Inertial Upper Stage booster.

The Long Duration Exposure Facility is removed from the space shuttle Columbia and loaded into a transportation canister. The satellite spent six years in space conducting 57 long-term experiments. It was retrieved by the space shuttle in 1990 and brought back to earth for analysis.

1990. Technicians in Hangar AO on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station perform preflight checkout and testing of the Ulysses spacecraft.

1995. Inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building, workers carry out the meticulous process of lifting the orbiter Discovery from a horizontal to a vertical position. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launcher platform.

1995. Inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building, workers carry out the meticulous process of lifting the orbiter Discovery from a horizontal to a vertical position. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launcher platform.

1995. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launch platform. Completing the assembly process takes about five working days.

1995. Fully assembled, checked out and fueled for flight, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is ready for encapsulation in its protective payload fairing. Note the protective thermal blankets encasing the spacecraft and the solar arrays stowed at the base. This will wrap up preflight activities in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2.

1996. At Launch Complex 17A on Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mars Global Surveyor upper stage booster assembly is being encased in the Delta II payload fairing. Liftoff of the first in a series of U.S. missions to Mars was just days away, with launch preparations proceeding on schedule.

1996. Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft for transfer to the launch pad by placing it in a protective canister.

1998. The Unity module inside the shuttle payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour was scheduled to fly on mission STS-88, the first Space Shuttle flight for the assembly of the International Space Station, on December 3, 1998. The primary payload on the mission was the Unity connecting module, which was mated to the Russian-built Zarya Control Module already in orbit at that time.

1996. Workers at Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Station get one final look at the Mars Pathfinder before it is sealed inside a protective payload fairing for flight. The Pathfinder and its PAM-D upper stage booster are perched atop the Delta II expendable launch vehicle that will propel the spacecraft into orbit.

1998. The orbiter Endeavour is suspended in a vertical position inside the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be mated with its solid rocket boosters and external tank.

1999. At Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the activity. The combined Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage, seen here, measures 57 feet long and weighs 50,162 pounds. Fully deployed with solar arrays extended, the observatory measures 45.3 feet long and 64 feet wide.

1999. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Ken Strite, NASA Quality Control, inspects the connection between Space Shuttle Discovery and the external tank that will be used to launch mission STS-103 in early December.

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	1968. The 103 Apollo Command/Service Module is shown being mated to the Instrument Unit atop the three-stage Apollo/Saturn 503 Launch Vehicle inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.
	1969. The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module is being mated to the Saturn V Lunar Module Adapter.
	1971. Apollo 16 Commander, John Young, center; and Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, foreground, inspect the Lunar Roving Vehicle they will use for transportation on the Moon during a Deployment Test in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Kennedy Space Center.
	1972. The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project Apollo. A mission simulation to check out the lunar roving vehicle and all its systems was successfully carried out.
	1989. The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors three days before launch.
	1989. In the Vertical Processing Facility, the spacecraft Galileo is prepared for mating with the Inertial Upper Stage booster.
	The Long Duration Exposure Facility is removed from the space shuttle Columbia and loaded into a transportation canister. The satellite spent six years in space conducting 57 long-term experiments. It was retrieved by the space shuttle in 1990 and brought back to earth for analysis.
	1990. Technicians in Hangar AO on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station perform preflight checkout and testing of the Ulysses spacecraft.
	1995. Inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building, workers carry out the meticulous process of lifting the orbiter Discovery from a horizontal to a vertical position. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launcher platform.
	1995. Inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building, workers carry out the meticulous process of lifting the orbiter Discovery from a horizontal to a vertical position. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launcher platform.
	1995. Once upright, Discovery will be transferred into a high bay for mating with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly already mounted on the mobile launch platform. Completing the assembly process takes about five working days.
	1995. Fully assembled, checked out and fueled for flight, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is ready for encapsulation in its protective payload fairing. Note the protective thermal blankets encasing the spacecraft and the solar arrays stowed at the base. This will wrap up preflight activities in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2.
	1996. At Launch Complex 17A on Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mars Global Surveyor upper stage booster assembly is being encased in the Delta II payload fairing. Liftoff of the first in a series of U.S. missions to Mars was just days away, with launch preparations proceeding on schedule.
	1996. Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft for transfer to the launch pad by placing it in a protective canister.
	1998. The Unity module inside the shuttle payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour was scheduled to fly on mission STS-88, the first Space Shuttle flight for the assembly of the International Space Station, on December 3, 1998. The primary payload on the mission was the Unity connecting module, which was mated to the Russian-built Zarya Control Module already in orbit at that time.
	1996. Workers at Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Station get one final look at the Mars Pathfinder before it is sealed inside a protective payload fairing for flight. The Pathfinder and its PAM-D upper stage booster are perched atop the Delta II expendable launch vehicle that will propel the spacecraft into orbit.
	1998. The orbiter Endeavour is suspended in a vertical position inside the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be mated with its solid rocket boosters and external tank.
	1999. At Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory inside, while workers monitor the activity. The combined Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage, seen here, measures 57 feet long and weighs 50,162 pounds. Fully deployed with solar arrays extended, the observatory measures 45.3 feet long and 64 feet wide.
	1999. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Ken Strite, NASA Quality Control, inspects the connection between Space Shuttle Discovery and the external tank that will be used to launch mission STS-103 in early December.