Glory Ready for Climate Mission with Launch on Redesigned Taurus XL

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NASA's Glory spacecraft has been encapsulated and bolted atop an Orbital Science Corp. Taurus XL for launch on a mission to study aerosols in Earth's atmosphere. One of Glory's two specialized instruments will allow Glory to survey and map tiny particles in the atmosphere to help determine how they affect the planet's climate. The second instrument will evaluate the sun's influence on the atmosphere. Glory is being launched on a Taurus XL that is making its return-to-flight following the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in February 2009. The launch team examined the rocket's design carefully and helped with the redesign of critical components to allow a successful mission for Glory.

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