Inertial Upper Stage booster in VPF

[KSC-95PC-0515]

  • Photo Number: KSC-95PC-0515

  • Release Date: 04-Apr-1995

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-70
    • Description: Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility oversee and control the lowering of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster into a workstand for preflight processing. The IUS will be attached to the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-G), which will be deployed by the Space Shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-70. The IUS is scheduled to be mated to the TDRS satellite later in April. Liftoff of STS-70 is slated for no earlier than June 8.

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