From: bweimann@exit109.com
Subject: views of mars spacecraft processing available
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 17:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
Hello all, If anyone is interested, I just got this from NASA. >VIEWS OF MARS SPACECRAFT PROCESSING AVAILABLE > > Internet users can view NASA's preparations of two spacecraft >that soon will be bound for Mars. Still images of processing of the >Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder are available from the >Kennedy Space Center, FL. The pictures, which are "frame grabs" >from television cameras, are updated every 90 seconds. > > The McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket that will launch the Mars >Global Surveyor will be stacked on Pad A at Complex 17 starting >Sept. 20. Live video from the launch pad will be available and also >will be provided from Pad 17-B for the Mars Pathfinder vehicle when >stacking begins. > > The internet address for images of Mars Global Surveyor and the >Delta launch vehicle at Complex 17 is: > >http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloads/missions/mgs/video.html > > The internet address for Mars Pathfinder images is: > >http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloads/missions/pathfinder/video.html > > Mars Global Surveyor is scheduled to be launched November 6 >and Mars Pathfinder on December 2. Both spacecraft will be >launched from Cape Canaveral, FL. > > The missions are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, >Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. > > -end- Have a good day. Barb in NJ