Thursday, February 7, 2013

SpaceX's Dragon CRS-2 vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...after the twin solar array fairings were attached to the spacecraft last month.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

Photos of the Day... Last month, SpaceX's Dragon capsule came one step closer to embarking on flight CRS-2 when the fairings that will protect each of the spacecraft's two solar array wings during launch were attached to the service module. A hotfire test for the Falcon 9 rocket that will be used to initiate this mission is targeted for February 22, while CRS-2 is still scheduled for lift-off to the International Space Station on March 1.

A solar array fairing is about to be attached to SpaceX's Dragon CRS-2 vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...on January 12, 2013.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

A solar array fairing is about to be attached to SpaceX's Dragon CRS-2 vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...on January 12, 2013.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

A solar array fairing is about to be attached to SpaceX's Dragon CRS-2 vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...on January 14, 2013.
NASA / Kim Shiflett
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