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Jun 27, 2005

Guess where I am!

by XRS

Guess where I am! I'm out on the launch pad! We now have a complete M-V-6 rocket. The weather was really nice today, so the rocket team got the “GO” to move everything out to the pad and finish putting the rocket together. It's really neat how everything gets put together in pieces and then assembled at the end. Sort of like Legos.

They protected me with a big cover and then moved me out to the launch tower. The team used this huge crane (called a Goliath Crane) to push me out there, then the tower had its own crane to lift me up.

I have some great photos of all of the stuff that happened today. The first two are from the move, and you can see how giant everything is! Then I have a photo of the view down from here… so glad I'm not scared of heights! But it's a great view of the water and everything.

Moving the Suzaku rocket onto the launch pad
Getting ready to move outside
The Goliath Crane in front of the launch tower
The Goliath Crane in front of the launch tower
View from the launch tower
The view from up top!