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Photos of Swift at the Kennedy Space Center

The Swift spacecraft is enroute to Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Swift spacecraft is enroute to Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), workers observe the canister being lifted from the Swift spacecraft, which is enclosed in a protective cover.

Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), workers observe the canister being lifted from the Swift spacecraft, which is enclosed in a protective cover.
Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), an overhead crane raises the Swift spacecraft, wrapped in a protective cover, to vertical before being placed on a work stand.

Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), an overhead crane raises the Swift spacecraft, wrapped in a protective cover, to vertical before being placed on a work stand.
The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers look at the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft that must be removed.

In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers look at the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft that must be removed.
In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers remove the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft.

In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers remove the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft.
In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Swift spacecraft waits for final removal of the protective cover.

In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Swift spacecraft waits for final removal of the protective cover.

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