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Southwest Research Institute astronomer Dan Durda checks the alignment of the SWUIS-A Xybion digital camera mounted in the rear cockpit of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B before taking off on an astronomy mission. |
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Photo Number: |
EC02-0072-20 |
Photo Date: |
April 2, 2002 |
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524x480 JPEG Image (90 KBytes)
1117x1023 JPEG Image (480 KBytes)
3000x2750 JPEG Image (4,777 KBytes)
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NASA Photo by: |
Tony Landis |
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Description: |
Southwest Research Institute astronomer Dan Durda checks the alignment of the SWUIS-A Xybion digital camera mounted in the rear cockpit of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B before taking off on an astronomy mission to search for small vulcanoids (asteroids) that may be orbiting between the Sun and the planet Mercury. |
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NASA Photo by: |
Tony Landis |
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Keywords: |
airborne astronomy; Dan Durda; astronomer; SWUIS-A digital imaging system; Southwest Research Institute; Xybion; F/A-18B; F-18; vulcanoids; asteroids; Mercury |