Overhead view of the cleanroom at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., with all four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft. In the foreground, MMS-2 is being lifted onto MMS-1 to create the first mini-stack.
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Overhead view of the cleanroom at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., with completed Mini-Stack #1 in the foreground. In the background, MMS-4 is being mated to MMS-3 to create Mini-Stack #2.
All four stacked Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft with solar arrays are ready to move to the vibration chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where they will undergo environmental tests.
NASA’s fully stacked and bagged Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, observatories shown secured to the vibration table at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where they will be shaken to test their ability to withstand the extreme conditions at launch.
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