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| | NRL Spacelab 2 |
 | | Eight months after the return of Spacelab 2, Dr. John-David Bartoe, payload specialist, and Dr. Dianne Prinz, alternate payload specialist, discussed the process of preparing for and flying the mission and retrieving the scientific results from NRL instruments on board. |
 | | Spacelab 2 was a laboratory and observatory for 13 investigations in 7 scientific disciplines: solar physics, atmospheric physics, plasma physics, high-energy astrophysics, infrared astronomy, technology research, and life sciences. |
 | | The purpose of the HRTS experiment was to study the fine scale structure of the Sun's outer layers: the chromosphere, the corona, and the transition zone between them. |
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