GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 15:49
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.