Atmospheric Spacecraft Shipped to Vandenberg for Upcoming Launch
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryA spacecraft that will explore one of the last frontiers in Earth's atmosphere is nearing launch. NASA's TIMED spacecraft was shipped from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where it was designed and built, to Vandenberg Air Force Base. The spacecraft is currently scheduled to launch from Vandenberg's Western Range on Aug. 10, 2001.