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This Large Area Collector sensor is carried under the wing of a high-altitude NASA ER-2.
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This Large Area Collector sensor is carried under the wing of a high-altitude NASA ER-2. When the aircraft reaches 65,000, the clam shell-like doors open to reveal pads covered with sticky oil that traps microscopic cosmic material.April 24, 2009
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida