VOYAGER 2 - SPACECRAFT DURING ENCAPSULATION

[KSC-77P-0210]

  • Photo Number: KSC-77P-0210

  • Release Date: 02-Aug-1977

  • Keywords: VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT,ENCAPSULATION,SPACE PROBES
    • Description: The Voyager spacecraft for the first of two missions to be launched toward the outer planets was encapsulated within the shroud which will protect it during its flight through the atmosphere at Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-1 today. The 1,800 pound spacecraft is to be mated with Titan/Centaur 7 at Launch Complex 41 and launched on a mission to Jupiter, Saturn and , perhaps, Uranus, no earlier than August 20.

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