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Having a Blast at Kitt Peak (Alternative View 2)

Having a Blast at Kitt Peak (Alternative View 2)

Soaring above the Visitor Center Levine 0.4-meter Telescope at NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ), a Program of NSF NOIRLab, is a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching a satellite into Earth’s orbit. An alternative view of this launch above the Visitor Center Levine 0.4-meter Telescope was featured as a NOIRLab Image of the Week . The photographer, Kitt Peak Visitor Center Operations Manager Peter McMahon, was…

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