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The Southwest Research Institute's SWUIS-A digital imaging system was installed on the instrument panel of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B for a series of astronomy flights. The Southwest Research Institute's SWUIS-A digital imaging system was installed on the instrument panel of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B for a series of astronomy flights.
Photo Number: EC02-0072-11
Photo Date: April 2, 2002
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NASA Photo by: Tony Landis
Description: The Southwest Research Institute's SWUIS-A digital imaging system, including a sophisticated Xybion camera and associated control equipment, was installed on the instrument panel of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B for a series of astronomy flights to search for tiny vulcanoids (asteroids) that may be circling between the orbit of Mercury and the sun.
NASA Photo by: Tony Landis
Keywords: airborne astronomy; Dan Durda; astronomer; SWUIS-A digital imaging system; Southwest Research Institute; Xybion; F/A-18B; F-18; vulcanoids; asteroids; Mercury

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