KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing for the Swift-Delta launch is lifted off its transporter at pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The fairing is being lifted into mobile service tower to enclose the payload and protect it while on the launch pad and during ascent. The Boeing Delta rocket is the 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 4, 2004