KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, two Solid Rocket Boosters are ready in the mobile service tower and a third is lifted from its transporter. In all, three SRBs will be attached to the Boeing Delta launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date October 2, 2004