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Vibration Test (rear
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MESSENGER team members adjust the Mercury-bound spacecraft's ceramic-fabric
sunshade before conducting vibration tests at the Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. The tests checked the spacecraft's structural
integrity by simulating the rough ride atop a launch vehicle.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of
Washington
