PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Diane Ainsworth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 1996
VIEWS OF MARS SPACECRAFT PROCESSING ON INTERNET
Internet users may view NASA's preparations of two spacecraft that soon
will be bound for Mars. Still images of processing of 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 Delta II rocket that will launch Mars Global Surveyor will be stacked
on Pad A at Complex 17 starting September 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 web address for images of Mars Global Surveyor and the Delta II
launch vehicle at Complex 17 is:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payloads/missions/mgs/video.html
The 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
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC.
9-20-96 FOD
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