{"id":475692,"date":"2023-06-15T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=475692"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:24:52","slug":"nasa-offers-fly-fix-fly-testing-for-smallsat-planetary-observation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-offers-fly-fix-fly-testing-for-smallsat-planetary-observation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Offers Fly-Fix-Fly Testing for SmallSat Planetary Observation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">5 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Offers Fly-Fix-Fly Testing for SmallSat Planetary Observation<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A researcher bends forward to reach into a 3D frame to manipulate the technology suspended in the center via mounting hardware and surrounded by black and red wires and a blue cable.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Researcher Ben Gorr of the SEAK Lab at Texas A&M University prepares the SNAP technology payload for flight testing on a high-altitude balloon in May 2023. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Aerostar<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After a 12-day stratospheric flight, winners of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/features\/techleap-prize-challenge-winners.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s first TechLeap Prize<\/a> are now analyzing data from technologies that may improve autonomous observation capabilities for small spacecraft flying over Earth, the Moon, or other worlds. Their payloads were selected through the TechLeap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonomousobservation1.nasatechleap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autonomous Observation Challenge No. 1<\/a>, which asked teams to develop technologies to autonomously detect, locate, track, and collect data on short-lived events, such as wildfires, unique aerosol dispersions like dust and steam plumes, or events on other planetary bodies such as geysers on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/flightopportunities\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Flight Opportunities<\/a> program, managed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/home\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/a> in Edwards, California, enabled three research teams to fly, fix issues, and fly again less than a year after their first individual flight tests. This second high-altitude balloon flight with all three payloads aboard cost-efficiently gave the teams a longer sensing and data collection opportunity. Those teams were the SEAK (Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Knowledge) Lab at Texas A&M University in College Station; Bronco Space at Cal Poly Pomona in California; and Orion Labs, a small applied robotic research institution in Nunn, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A large translucent balloon resting on a grey tarp in a grassy field swells during inflation. Crew members wear yellow safety vests and white hard hats near the front end of a white truck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap_launch_5-24-23_by_noah_nielsen.png?resize=900,675 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Aerostar crew inflate a high-altitude balloon in preparation for flight testing three TechLeap Autonomous Observation Challenge technologies on May 24, 2023. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Aerostar<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This latest flight launched from Hurley, South Dakota, on May 24 on a high-altitude balloon from Sioux Falls-based Aerostar. The teams worked collaboratively while integrating their payloads for the flight, helping each other solve various technical issues prior to launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the balloon was expected to hover over a specific area for several days, a storm carried it much farther south. Aerostar worked hard to bring the balloon back on track, but the teams were able to observe only some of their intended targets. However, the flight still achieved the goal of enabling researchers to collect long-term sensing data and experience a simulation of the environments in which their technologies may operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe unpredictable flight path caused by the storm was challenging, but it\u2019s part of the process,\u201d said Danielle McCulloch, program manager of Flight Opportunities at NASA Armstrong. \u201cOur program takes a \u2019fly-fix-fly\u2019 approach, because risk taking is essential for rapid advancement of space technology. We\u2019re pleased to see these researchers capitalize on iterative flight tests to address the needs of NASA and the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Focusing on Detection and Data<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A silvery, translucent balloon with the payload gondola visible beneath it rises into the sky.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/techleap-aoc2-launched-closer-2023-05-24-credit-pdl.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Aerostar high-altitude balloon launches into a clear blue sky, carrying three NASA TechLeap Prize-winning technologies on May 24, 2023. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Paul De León<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The SEAK Lab\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/flightopportunities\/flight-summaries.html#PlumeIdentification\" rel=\"noopener\">SNAP<\/a> (Satellite for Natural and Artificial Plumes) technology uses visible and infrared imaging to automatically identify and classify aerosol plumes, such as fire and volcanic activity. Due to thermal issues and difficulties controlling camera exposure during the first flight in August 2022, the team was only partially successful in testing SNAP\u2019s plume-tracking capability. However, that flight provided valuable information that enabled the team to overcome those issues and improve their systems. The identified improvements for SNAP\u2019s cameras and onboard computing system were incorporated, tested in Aerostar\u2019s thermal chamber, and further tested during this second flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have worked hard to correct the issues we discovered during the original flight and are thankful to Flight Opportunities for making this second flight possible,\u201d said Ben Gorr, team member and Texas A&M graduate student. \u201cOur hope is that this payload will pave the way for improved monitoring of aerosol plumes on a much finer spatial scale than was previously possible.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bronco Space\u2019s wildfire detection system, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/winners-of-first-nasa-techleap-challenge-take-flight\" rel=\"noopener\">Bronco Ember<\/a>, combines a short-wave infrared camera with artificial intelligence to provide potentially faster and more accurate aerial detection of wildfires.  On this flight, the team tested refinements they made to the system\u2019s detecting and tracking consistency identified based on data collected during their July 2022 flight test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orion Labs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-techleap-prize-winner-tests-quantum-earth-observation-system\" rel=\"noopener\">QEOBS<\/a> (Quantum Earth Observatory) aims to demonstrate how quantum machine learning aboard a spacecraft can reduce data processing to the ground for a variety of Earth observation tasks, including the detection of atmospheric gravity waves. Atmospheric gravity waves are fluctuations in air that come from disturbances in the atmosphere, such as storms, or from terrain like hills and mountains that affect air flow. During their first flight, the team validated the system\u2019s machine learning pipeline by detecting dams along the flight path. The team used the extended time of this second flight to test the detection of visual atmospheric gravity waves, train a new model, and  process more data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More TechLeap Flights to Come <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program established the TechLeap Prize to increase the pace of identifying and testing technologies that address pressing needs. This first TechLeap challenge was designed in cooperation with NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Spacecraft Technology<\/a> program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\" rel=\"noopener\">Ames Research Center<\/a> in Silicon Valley. A second TechLeap Prize competition, the Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge No. 1, prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/flightopportunities\/NASA_TechLeap_Winners_Advance_Technology_to_Aid_Lunar_Landings\" rel=\"noopener\">the winning teams<\/a> to develop sensing systems to detect terrain hazards in the dark, which could aid future space exploration on other worlds. Those winners\u2019 technologies are expected to undergo flight testing in the coming months. Additional challenges are planned for the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA TechLeap Prize challenges are supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/coeci\/ntl\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Tournament Lab<\/a>. 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class=\"hds-meta-heading\">Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/armstrong\/\">Armstrong Flight Research Center<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/\">Flight Opportunities Program<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/\">Learning Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/prizes-challenges-and-crowdsourcing-news\/\">Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a 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desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">4 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">NASA Interns Blast Off for Their First Week at Goddard\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path 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\/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">4 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">NASA Announces Winners of 2024 Student Launch Competition<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 days ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 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class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1229\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/afrc2018-0020-06_eclipse_composite_cropped-1.jpg?w=1229\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/afrc2018-0020-06_eclipse_composite_cropped-1.jpg 4274w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/afrc2018-0020-06_eclipse_composite_cropped-1.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, 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