EC02-0072-20 Southwest Research Institute astronomer Dan Durda checks the alignment of the SWUIS-A Xybion digital camera mounted in the rear cockpit of a NASA Dryden F/A-18B before taking off on an astronomy mission to search for small vulcanoids (asteroids) that may be orbiting between the Sun and the planet Mercury. April 2, 2002 NASA Photo / Tony Landis & F-18 Project Description
