The Degradation Free Spectrometers Experiment (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Degradation Free Spectrometers Experiment

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The Degradation Free Spectrometers experiment in advance of its launch on a sounding rocket in mid-July 2014. Its four experiments will help measure the total extreme ultraviolet light put out by the sun, which is useful for tracking how the sun changes over long periods of time.

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