NASA spacecraft technicians monitor the movement of a section of Delta payload faring as it encloses the twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Spacecraft at the Space Launch Complex 17B August 23, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The faring protects the spacecraft from pressure and heat during the spacecrafts ascent and is released when it exits Earths atmosphere.

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NASA spacecraft technicians monitor the movement of a section of Delta payload faring as it encloses the twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Spacecraft at the Space Launch Complex 17B August 23, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The faring protects the spacecraft from pressure and heat during the spacecrafts ascent and is released when it exits Earths atmosphere.

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Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
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