Unboxing a New NASA Spacecraft

  • Released Friday, October 19, 2018
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Go behind the scenes as we unbox NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, after its arrival at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Northrop Grumman engineer Steve Turek and NASA EDGE’s Chris Giersch walk us through the whole process of unboxing a spacecraft – from the instrument that records every tiny bump on its journey to the special crane used to lift the spacecraft to its new home.


ICON launches in fall 2018 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to study Earth’s interface to space. Read more about the ICON mission: nasa.gov/icon

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Music credits: ‘Yellow Flicker’ by Andrew John Skeet [PRS], Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]; ‘Passing Images’ by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS]; ‘Push Away’ by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS], Mikey Rowe [PRS]

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ICON being unboxed and lifted at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Credit: Cory Huston/NASA KSC

Pegasus ICON Rollout (Aft View)

ICON Fairing Installation

ICON arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Pegasus Mate to L-1011

ICON at Vandenberg Air Force Base

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See nasa.gov/icon

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This page was originally published on Friday, October 19, 2018.
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