KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A technician at NASA’s Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), prepares the Swift spacecraft to be lifted off its workstand. The spacecraft will be mated to a payload attach fitting, the interface between the spacecraft and the second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Swift is a first-of-its-kind multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray burst (GRB) science. Its three instruments will work together to observe GRBs and afterglows in the gamma ray, X-ray, ultraviolet and optical wavebands. Swift is expected to observe more than
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A technician at NASA’s Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), prepares the Swift spacecraft to be lifted off its workstand. The spacecraft will be mated to a payload attach fitting, the interface between the spacecraft and the second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Swift is a first-of-its-kind multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray burst (GRB) science. Its three instruments will work together to observe GRBs and afterglows in the gamma ray, X-ray, ultraviolet and optical wavebands. Swift is expected to observe more than 200 gamma-ray bursts - the most comprehensive study of GRB afterglows to date - during its 2-year mission. Swift is scheduled to launch in November from Launch Pad 17-A at CCAFS.
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