Testing the Sunrise elevator drive (DI02021)

Researcher tests the elevator drive on the Sunrise telescope prior to launch from the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden in June 2009. The balloon-borne gondola contained the 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
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Published: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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Online Access:http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7gf0rnk
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Summary:Researcher tests the elevator drive on the Sunrise telescope prior to launch from the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden in June 2009. The balloon-borne gondola contained the 1-meter solar telescope as well as other instruments on a mission to investigate the structure and dynamics of the Sun's magnetic fields.