GLAST spacecraft arrives in Florida to prepare for launch

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In the Astrotech payload processing facility General Dynamics technicians watch as GLAST is moved toward a work stand (left) to check GLASTs scientific instruments. Credit: NASAKim Shiflett
In the Astrotech payload processing facility, General Dynamics technicians watch as GLAST is moved toward a work stand (left) to check GLAST's scientific instruments. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch. Liftoff of GLAST aboard a Delta II rocket is currently targeted for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16.


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