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NAC Cleanroom Calibration - Baffle Tube

This is a "souvenir picture" of the first NAC taken last year in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. In this picture the large primary mirror of the NAC...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

NAC Cleanroom Calibration - The First NAC

Here is one of the LROC NAC cameras in the cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in 2008.  We're looking down the baffle tube. The white silver sickle-like form is the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC)

One of the LROC Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC), photographed in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego last year.  The long silver tube is the baffle for...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

WAC Calibration

Here is a picture from last year showing the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The WAC (foreground) looks towards the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

Wide Angle Camera (WAC)

Here is a picture of the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) from last year, prior to its installation on the LRO spacecraft.  The silver vertical tube in the center with the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009