HELIOS-1 SPACECRAFT SITS ATOP A TITAN III/CENTAUR-2 LAUNCH VEHICLE AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 41

[KSC-74P-0298]

  • Photo Number: KSC-74P-0298

  • Release Date: 09-Sep-1974

  • Keywords: HELIOS 1 SPACECRAFT,TITAN III/CENTAUR-2 LAUNCH VEHICLE,LAUNCH COMPLEX 41,SOLAR OBSERVATORIES,SPACE PROBES,WEST GERMANY
    • Description: Titan/Centaur-2 stands poised at Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to hurl a West German-built solar probe on a journey which will carry it more than two-thirds of the distance to the Sun. Launch by KSC's Unmanned launch Operations Directorate is scheduled for no earlier than 2:11 a.m. EST December 10. Helios-A is to soar to within 28 million miles of the Sun approximately three months after launch. The first spacecraft designed to penetrate the outer corona of the Sun, it will be exposed to temperatures hot enough to melt lead at its closest approach. The Helios project is a joint undertaking of the United States and West Germany.

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