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NASA Photographer Tracks Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System
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NASA photographer James Ross monitors the Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System (ALIGNS) from the backseat of an F-15 near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The ALIGNS provides real-time positioning guidance between aircraft for shock wave probing and schlieren imagery capture.
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Credit lineNASA Photographer Tracks Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System. NASA/AFRC, 2025-04-30. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0074-184.
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