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The one-inch mirror shown here is one of nearly nine hundred polished by dozens of students teams of elementary, middle and high school students across the nation as part of STARSHINE, a student spacecraft built by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. After being coated with a protective transparent layer of Silicon Dioxide at Hill Air Force Base, they are being mounted on the surface of the spacecraft. STARSHINE is being deployed into a highly inclined low-earth orbit from a Hitchhiker canister on mission STS-96, targeted to launch May 20. After deployment from the Shuttle in May, the spacecraft will reflect flashes of sunlight to observers on the earth during the mission. This twinkling satellite will be naked-eye visible against the star background for about six months during recurring morning and evening twilight periods to student observers around the world KSC-99pp0416

The one-inch mirror shown here is one of nearly nine hundred polished ...

The one-inch mirror shown here is one of nearly nine hundred polished by dozens of students teams of elementary, middle and high school students across the nation as part of STARSHINE, a student spacecraft buil... More

Students Scott Kerley and Bryan Geer demonstrate how they polished mirrors for STARSHINE, a student spacecraft built by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. The two seventh graders at McNair Magnet School, Cocoa Beach, Fla., are among dozens of students teams of elementary, middle and high school students who have polished nearly nine hundred of the one-inch mirrors and returned them to Utah for coating with a protective transparent layer of Silicon Dioxide at Hill Air Force Base. The mirrors are being mounted on the surface of the spacecraft. STARSHINE is being deployed into a highly inclined low-earth orbit from a Hitchhiker canister on mission STS-96, targeted to launch May 20. After deployment from the Shuttle in May, the spacecraft will reflect flashes of sunlight to observers on the earth during the mission. This twinkling satellite will be naked-eye visible against the star background for about six months during recurring morning and evening twilight periods to student observers around the world KSC-99pp0415

Students Scott Kerley and Bryan Geer demonstrate how they polished mir...

Students Scott Kerley and Bryan Geer demonstrate how they polished mirrors for STARSHINE, a student spacecraft built by the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. The two seventh graders at McNair Magnet... More

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, smiles inside an NDI lab, March 16, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The Alexandria, Louisiana, native i... More

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, hand glows after cleaning penetrant chemical residue, March 16, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. NDI’s m... More

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, clears penetrant residue from his protective mask after an inspection. March 16, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic ... More

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, examines defects during an inspection, March 16, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. NDI’s mission is to te... More

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Christopher Hurd, 51st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection technician, sprays penetrant chemical during an inspection, March 16, 2020 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. NDI’s mission ... More