Tower Rollback Photo Opportunity Scheduled for Delta/MAP
Setting the stage to begin the terminal countdown for the launch of NASA
Microwave Anistropy Probe (MAP) on June 30, the mobile service tower (MST)
at Pad 17-B is scheduled to be retracted from around the Boeing Delta II
rocket. The MST provides the primary access to the vehicle for pad workers
and provides environmentally controlled conditions for the MAP spacecraft
until it is enclosed in the payload fairing.
Media wishing to observe rollback of the tower from around the Delta will be
escorted to the perimeter of Launch Complex 17 early Saturday morning.
Those attending should be at the Gate 1 Pass & Identification Building on
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:15 a.m. for accreditation. Departure
for Complex 17 will be at 8:30 a.m.
