KSC-2012-3131
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A technician performs a black light inspection on one of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes inside the clean room high bay at Astrotech payload processing facility. Black light inspection uses UVA fluorescence to detect possible microcontamination, small cracks or fluid leaks. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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KSC-2012-3131
Date Created
May 30, 2012
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KSC
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Location
Cape Canaveral, FL
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