COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
Record
Description:
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Genesis spacecraft is ready for a media showing in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2. Genesis will capture samples of the ions and elements in the solar wind and return them to Earth for scientists to use to determine the exact composition of the Sun and the solar system's origin. NASA's Genesis project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Lockheed Martin Astronautics built the Genesis spacecraft for NASA in Denver, Colo. Launch of Genesis aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for July 30 at 12:36 p.m. EDT
Release Date:
06/13/2001
Photo Credit:
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Release:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
facet_what:
Earth
facet_where:
Denver
facet_when:
06-13-2001
facet_when_year:
2001
Photo Number:
KSC-01PP-1100
UID:
SPD-KSCMA-KSC-01PP-1100
