Installing solar panels on the Sunrise gondola (DI02003)

Technicians install solar panels on the Sunrise gondola in preparation for launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden in June 2009. The balloon-borne gondola contained a 1-meter solar telescope as well as other instruments on a mission to investigate the structure and dynamics of the Sun...

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Other Authors: Calvin, Carlye (Carlye Calvin) (photographerpht)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Subjects:
Science > Experiments
Research > Equipment and supplies
Sun > Research
Esrange
Kiruna
Online Access:http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7st7mz6
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Summary:Technicians install solar panels on the Sunrise gondola in preparation for launch from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden in June 2009. The balloon-borne gondola contained a 1-meter solar telescope as well as other instruments on a mission to investigate the structure and dynamics of the Sun's magnetic fields.

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