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Description Impact Studies. The photo shows the "energy flash" when a projectile launched at speeds up to 17,000 miles an hour impacts a solid surface at the Hypervelocity Ballistic Range at NASA's Ames Research Center. This test is used to simulate what happens when a piece of orbital debris hits a spacecraft in orbit.
Date 1963, Released July 7, 2005, Uploaded March 18, 2006
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NASA's Image of the Day Gallery [1]

  • FPC edit from original NASA photo, reduced from 7.1Mb to 227Kb.
Author NASA
Other versions Impact Studies - GPN-2000-001643.jpg

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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