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Atlas-Centaur Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Shroud Test
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Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center conducted a series of shroud jettison tests for the second Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) in the Space Power Chambers during April 1968. The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellites were designed by Goddard Space Flight Center to study and retrieve ultraviolet data on stars and galaxies which earthbound and atmospheric telescopes could not view due to ozone absorption.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAtlas-Centaur Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Shroud Test. NASA/GRC, 1968-04-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1968-C-01258.
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