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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shrouded with a protective cover, half of the payload fairing for the STEREO spacecraft has been raised to a vertical position in front of the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The fairing will be lifted into the clean room in the tower and later installed around the spacecraft for protection during launch. The fairing is a molded structure that fits flush with the outside surface of the Delta II upper stage booster and forms an aerodynamically smooth nose cone, protecting the spacecraft during launch and as…
