KSC-01PP-1343 (07/19/2001) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After its canister has been removed, the Genesis spacecraft sits in place atop the Boeing Delta II rocket in the tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Genesis will be on a robotic NASA space mission to catch a wisp of the raw material of the Sun and return it to Earth with a spectacular mid-air helicopter capture. The sample return capsule is feet ( meters) in diameter and 52 inches ( meters) tall. The mission�s goal is to collect and return to Earth just 10 to 20 micrograms -- or the weight of a

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KSC-01PP-1343 (07/19/2001) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After its canister has been removed, the Genesis spacecraft sits in place atop the Boeing Delta II rocket in the tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Genesis will be on a robotic NASA space mission to catch a wisp of the raw material of the Sun and return it to Earth with a spectacular mid-air helicopter capture. The sample return capsule is feet ( meters) in diameter and 52 inches ( meters) tall. The mission�s goal is to collect and return to Earth just 10 to 20 micrograms -- or the weight of a few grains of salt -- of solar wind, invisible charged particles that flow outward from the Sun. Genesis mounted in fairing bay KSC-01pp1343

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