Summary

Description	BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: It's a privilege to have Boeing launch manager Rick Navarro here in the studio. Rick, thanks for stopping by. RICK NAVARRO: Thank you, Bruce. BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: As we heard earlier, this mission requires a lot of coordination between Goddard Space Flight Center and Kennedy Space Center. How important is this partnership to ensuring a successful launch and a mission? RICK NAVARRO: It's been crucial in the success of the mission. Getting here involved a lot of coordination between Goddard, Kennedy Space Center and the Boeing launch teams. If it hadn't been for that, we wouldn't be here today getting ready for a launch. BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: Well, tell us how the vehicle and the spacecraft were prepared for launch. RICK NAVARRO: The best way to show you is to roll a tape, in which we show some of the major components coming together. We receive our vehicle hardware from our Decatur production facility via a ship, the Delta Mariner. And we offl
Date	2005-08-19
Source	images.nasa.gov

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