# 50th Anniversary of NASA's Copernicus Mission (SVS14189 - OAO-Copernicus B-Roll)

B roll of Copernicus pre-launch activities and launch. Technicians in the Hangar AE clean room at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, mount solar panels and check out the spacecraft. At 1:13, Copernicus is placed into its payload fairing. At 1:54, the gantry at Launch Complex 36B rolls back. At 2:23, various shots of the Aug. 21, 1972, launch.Credit: National Archives (255-S-5436, 255-S-5430, and 255-S-5916)

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./Sophia Roberts, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy,…
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50th_Anniversary_of_NASA%27s_Copernicus_Mission_(SVS14189_-_OAO-Copernicus_B-Roll).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./Sophia Roberts, University of Maryland College Park/Francis Reddy, NASA/GSFC/Brad Cenko
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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