Technicians and engineers at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, lift a United Launch Alliance/Orbital ATK solid rocket motor for mating to a Delta II rocket in preparation for launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) later this year. JPSS, a next-generation environmental satellite system, is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA.
Photographer 30th Comm Squadron/Julio C. Paz
Date April 4, 2017