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New Columbia experiment for the study of electrical phenomena

Cape Canaveral, USA – Cameras captured electrical particles images

"This is the first time that we have succesfully taken such images with a calibrated instrument from the Shuttle and it’s causing really great excitement with our colleagues around the world". This is the statement of Yoaf Yair, project coordinator for Israeli experiments on the Shuttle science mission. Space Shuttle cameras captured sprites and elves, two electrical particles invisible to the naked e...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 39076
Rome, Italy, 01/21/2003 21:31
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