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Dust Analyzer Sensor Head Integration

An image showing an engineer prepares to integrate the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA)'s sensor head with an ion detector at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The sensor head will detect and determine the mass of ion molecules generated by impacting dust particles.
Source: NASA/LASP-CU Boulder
Published: December 29, 2021

An engineer prepares to integrate the SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA)'s sensor head with an ion detector at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The sensor head will detect and determine the mass of ion molecules generated by impacting dust particles.

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