JBA, Dover units transport ground-breaking NASA probe

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  • By Airman Michael S. Murphy
  • 11th Wing Public Affairs

89th Aerial Port Squadron and 3rd Airlift Squadron Airmen, along with NASA employees, loaded the Parker Solar Probe onto a 3rd Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 3, 2018. The probe will travel from JBA to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., where it will go through its final integration and testing before launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this summer. The probe is slated to fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft made by NASA and increase our understanding of space weather patterns.

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JBA, Dover units transport ground-breaking NASA probe

89th Aerial Port Squadron Airmen begin loading the Parker Solar Probe onto a 3rd Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 3, 2018. The probe will travel from JBA to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., where it will go through its final integration and testing before launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this summer. The probe is slated to fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft made by NASA and increase our understanding of space weather patterns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Michael S. Murphy)

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Load dolly

JBA, Dover units transport ground-breaking NASA probe

89th Aerial Port Squadron and 3rd Airlift Squadron Airmen begin moving a load dolly into a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 3, 2018. The load dolly is used as a staging platform for the Parker Solar Probe so NASA employees can operate on the spacecraft. The 89th APS manned the load mission while the 3rd AS transported the spacecraft, essential equipment and NASA personnel to the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Michael S. Murphy)

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Load dolly loaded

JBA, Dover units transport ground-breaking NASA probe

89th Aerial Port Squadron and 3rd Airlift Squadron Airmen, along with NASA employees, move a load dolly into a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 3, 2018. The load dolly is used as a staging platform for the Parker Solar Probe so NASA employee scan operate on the spacecraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Michael S. Murphy)

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Royals

JBA, Dover units transport ground-breaking NASA probe

A 3rd Airlift Squadron unit patch is shown on the uniform of an Airman during the transport of the Parker Solar Probe on Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 3, 2018. The 3rd AS assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Del., transported the PSP in a C-17 Globemaster III to the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Michael S. Murphy)

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