The Airborne Topographic Mapper projected a circle of laser light through a custom optically precise window mounted in the forward belly of NASA's DC-8 flying science laboratory onto the hangar floor during instrument checkout for the 2012 IceBridge Antarctic campaign.
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Mission: Operation IceBridge 2012
The Airborne Topographic Mapper projected a circle of laser light through a custom optically precise window mounted in the forward belly of NASA’s DC-8 flying science laboratory onto the hangar floor during instrument checkout for the 2012 IceBridge Antarctic campaign.September 19, 2012
NASA / Tom Tschida