NASA Education Chief Leland Melvin Visits SOFIA
February 13, 2013
NASA Dryden electronics technician Jim Mills (right) explains details of the High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument mounted on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's telescope to NASA education chief and former space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin (left) during his tour of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., with NASA Dryden center director David McBride (center).
February 8, 2013
NASA / Tom Tschida
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Technology Internet, Palmdale, California, Telescopes, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Space, Science, NASA Tweetup, Engineering, Leland D. Melvin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
