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Propulsion Structure of Aqua Spacecraft in Assembly

A Northrop Grumman technician prepares the structure that will house the propulsion unit of the Aqua spacecraft. The module is being built in parallel with the rest of the spacecraft to reduce manufacturing pound thrusters. Aqua will focus on climate-related measurements of the Earth's atmosphere, cloud cover, precipitation, terrestrial snow cover and sea ice.