{CaptionsBy}    Sherikon Space Systems

{LastEditor}    KSC Archive to NIX conversion program

{ScannedBy}     Bionetics Photo Lab

{acquireddate}  09-Sep-1974

{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          09-Sep-1974

{description}   Titan/Centaur-2 stands poised at Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air
                Force Station to hurl a West German-built solar probe on a
                journey which will carry it more than two-thirds of the distance
                to the Sun. Launch by KSC's Unmanned launch Operations
                Directorate is scheduled for no earlier than 2:11 a.m. EST
                December 10. Helios-A is to soar to within 28 million miles of
                the Sun approximately three months after launch. The first
                spacecraft designed to penetrate the outer corona of the Sun, it
                will be exposed to temperatures hot enough to melt lead at its
                closest approach. The Helios project is a joint undertaking of
                the United States and West Germany.

{highres}       1769 x 2263

{highsize}      300407

{hightype}      JPEG

{keywords}      HELIOS 1 SPACECRAFT,TITAN III/CENTAUR-2 LAUNCH VEHICLE,LAUNCH
                COMPLEX 41,SOLAR OBSERVATORIES,SPACE PROBES,WEST GERMANY

{lowres}        188 x 240

{lowsize}       62630

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     600 x 768

{mediumsize}    38010

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-74P-0298

{orientation}   vertical

{othernumbers}  101-KSC-74P-298, P-18997, ARCHIVE-04090

{place}         LAUNCH COMPLEX 41

{slideres}      121 x 156

{slidesize}     27464

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       78 x 100

{tinysize}      10951

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         HELIOS-1 SPACECRAFT SITS ATOP A TITAN III/CENTAUR-2 LAUNCH
                VEHICLE AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 41

{type}          Image

{view}          exterior

{end}