Sunday, November 24, 2019

Atlas V Arrives at Port Canaveral on ULA RocketShip Vessel for ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter Launch: Photos


The R/S RocketShip transport vessel arrives at Port Canaveral, Florida on Nov 20, 2019 and sails past Jetty Park Pier to deliver a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V first stage and Centaur upper stage from ULA's factory in Decatur, Alabama. The rocket will launch Solar Orbiter on its journey to study the Sun for ESA and NASA in Feb. 2020.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
23 November 2019
Ken Kremer – For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

PORT CANAVERAL, FL – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket destined to launch the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter probe on an unprecedented mission to study the Sun up-close arrived into Port Canaveral, Florida this week aboard the R/S RocketShip transport vessel on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20. 

Read the entire story at Space UpClose:

https://www.spaceupclose.com/2019/11/atlas-v-arrives-at-port-canaveral-on-ula-rocketship-vessel-for-esa-nasa-solar-orbiter-launch-photos/

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