Working on MidSTAR (IMAGE)

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Working on MidSTAR

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Midshipman First Class (M1C) Alexander Sandroni, USNR (left) and M1C William Snead, USNR worked on the MIDN experiment flying on MidSTAR-1. This experiment measures the radiation dose received from 50 million electron volt neutrons at three locations within the spacecraft. MIDN is sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute; Prof. Vincent Pisacane, Robert A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace Engineering at USNA, is the principal investigator.

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