Photos Of STARDUST At Kennedy Space Center

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STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-37 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check solar panels on the Stardust spacecraft before performing lighting tests.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-38 High Resolution JPEG - 1.2 MB Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility deploy a solar panel on the Stardust spacecraft before performing lighting tests.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-39 High Resolution JPEG - 1.3 MB Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility watch as the Stardust spacecraft is lowered before deploying panels for lighting tests.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-40 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility watch as the Stardust spacecraft is rotated and lowered before deploying the solar panels for lighting tests.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-41 High Resolution JPEG - 1.1 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a worker (left) conducts lighting tests on the fully extended solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-42 High Resolution JPEG - 1.1 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the fully extended solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft undergo lighting tests.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-43 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers adjust the solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft before performing lighting tests.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-44 High Resolution JPEG - 1.2 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a worker looks over the solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft before it undergoes lighting tests.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-45 High Resolution JPEG - 870K Bright white light (left) and blue light (upper right) appear on the solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft during lighting tests in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-46 High Resolution JPEG - 1.1 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers at left check instruments during a lighting test on the solar panels of the Stardust spacecraft.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-47 High Resolution JPEG - 1.1 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers raise the Stardust spacecraft from its workstand to move it to another area for lighting tests on the solar panels.	STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-48 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers get ready to rotate the Stardust spacecraft before deploying the solar panels (at left and right) for lighting tests.
STARDUST Spacecraft Photo Number: KSC-99PC-49 High Resolution JPEG - 1.0 MB In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers look over the solar panels on the Stardust spacecraft that are deployed for lighting tests.