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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. 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.
Photo Number: EC02-0072-20
Photo Date: April 2, 2002
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NASA Photo by: Tony Landis
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.
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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