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[San Miguel Mission]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

[San Miguel Mission]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photo...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baby Conference, October 7-8, 1921. Co. Health Center, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Left to right: Miss Pratt, dental hygienist; Marie A Jacobsen, R.N., Jr. R.C. school nurse; Miss Cleary, public health nurse, Bur. Child Hygiene; Miss Greenhood super., Dept. Dental Hygiene; Dr. Ethel M. Watters, dir. Bur. Child Hygiene. Lower row, boy in chair, two girls standing, mother with baby and child on table, all are of one family. Children were examined and had their teeth cleaned by Miss Pratt

Baby Conference, October 7-8, 1921. Co. Health Center, San Luis Obispo...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Pacific Division. Classification: Child Welfare. Gift; American National Red Cros... More

Motel Inn (1925) ("first motel"), horizontal view, Route 101, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn (1925) ("first motel"), horizontal view, Route 101, San Luis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Motel offices; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Am... More

Ritz Motel, U. S. 101, No. end, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Ritz Motel, U. S. 101, No. end, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, Cal., U. S. 101, North City Limits

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, Cal., U. S. 101, North City Limits

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Ranchotel -- On U. S. 101, No. Entrance -- San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Ranchotel -- On U. S. 101, No. Entrance -- San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Sunbeam Motel, 1656 Monterey St. (U. S. 101), North End, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Sunbeam Motel, 1656 Monterey St. (U. S. 101), North End, San Luis Obis...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Ritz Motel, U. S. 101, No. end, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Ritz Motel, U. S. 101, No. end, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

Barr's Drive-In Restaurant postcard

Barr's Drive-In Restaurant postcard

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard.

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates on cost of about 1/2 the cost of electricity, Tulare County, California. Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is being developed by the Farm Security Administration Rural Rehabilitation Program in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California. Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties, California

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine w...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine which operates at about half the cost of electricity. Tulare County, California.  Butane (natural gas in tanks) as a source of power on small farms is in Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties, California

This pumping plant for irrigation is powered by a natural gas engine w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not th...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not th...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bed Bath & Beyond, San Luis Obispo, California

Bed Bath & Beyond, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Gemini V Mission Image - California

Gemini V Mission Image - California

The original caption reads: Photograph of Coast of California, San Luis Obispo, south to Ensenada, looking east taken during the Gemini V mission during orbit no.4, on August 21, 1965. G.E.T. time was 20:12 / ... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Tower Bowl, San Luis Obispo, California

Tower Bowl, San Luis Obispo, California

Photograph shows the Tower Bowl bowling alley, San Diego, California, which was designed in 1940 by S. Charles Lee. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title, date and keywords based on information provided ... More

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Union 76 Gas, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel (1937) sign, 3053 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel (1937) sign, 3053 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motel signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photo... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Blue Bell Motel, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over San Luis Obispo, California, during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-141B Starlift...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over San Luis Obispo, California, during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-141B Starlift...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division land near San Luis Obispo, California, after jumping from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division land near San Luis Obispo, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division land near San Luis Obispo, California, after jumping from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division land near San Luis Obispo, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, angle 2, Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, angle 2, Osos Street, San Luis Obis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Courthouses; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1). Credit line: John Margolies Roadsid... More

San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, angle 1, Osos Street, San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, angle 1, Osos Street, San Luis Obis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Courthouses; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-1). Credit line: John Margolies Roadsid... More

S47-50-008 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

S47-50-008 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of earth views (001-002, 004-011, 013, 021-038) and an illuminated earth limb (003, 012, 014-015, 017-020). 016 is entirely y... More

S47-50-009 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

S47-50-009 - STS-047 - Earth views and illuminated earth limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of earth views (001-002, 004-011, 013, 021-038) and an illuminated earth limb (003, 012, 014-015, 017-020). 016 is entirely y... More

Route 1 - Big Sur Coast Highway - Between Big Sur and San Luis Obispo on Highway 1

Route 1 - Big Sur Coast Highway - Between Big Sur and San Luis Obispo ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: An overcast sky makes for a dramatic oceanside scene on the Pacific coastline. Location: Between Big Sur and San Luis Obispo, Californi... More

Route 1 - San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Golfers in San Luis Obispo

Route 1 - San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Golfers in San Luis Obis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Golfers trek across a pristine golf course in San Luis Obispo. Location: (35.212° N 120.627° W) Status: Public domain. Courtesy of San... More

Bed Bath & Beyond, San Luis Obispo, California

Bed Bath & Beyond, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Motel Inn ("first motel"), vertical view, Route 101, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn ("first motel"), vertical view, Route 101, San Luis Obispo, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Motel offices; Lodging. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Am... More

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More

Showing support for the war in Iraq by wielding a self-crafted Thumbs-Up sign, Matt Kokkanen of San Luis Obispo, California (CA), and other patriotic civilians, occupied a corner at the entrance to Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), CA in opposition to some 40 anti-war demonstrators across the street

Showing support for the war in Iraq by wielding a self-crafted Thumbs-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Showing support for the war in Iraq by wielding a self-crafted Thumbs-Up sign, Matt Kokkanen of San Luis Obispo, California (CA), and other patriotic civilians, occupied a corner at the entrance to Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), CA in opposition to some 40 anti-war demonstrators across the street

Showing support for the war in Iraq by wielding a self-crafted Thumbs-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Shiela Baker of San Luis Obispo, California (CA), is escorted by US Air Force (USAF) 30th Security Forces personnel to a processing site. Ms. Baker was arrested for deliberately crossing the official boundary line in front of Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), CA, while protesting the US-led war in Iraq. In the background, approximately 40 other anti-war protestors cheer. Before being arrested, she was given a two-minute warning by a 30th Security Forces (SF) Operations Officer, offering her the opportunity to cross back over the designated boundary line

Shiela Baker of San Luis Obispo, California (CA), is escorted by US Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Showing his support for the President and the US military, Matt Kokkonen from San Luis Obispo, California (CA), stands at the front gate of the during an anti-war protest at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), CA

Showing his support for the President and the US military, Matt Kokkon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

Courthouse, San Luis Obispo County, California

Courthouse, San Luis Obispo County, California

The courthouse was built in 1940. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library o... More

Chief Hospital Corpsman Dale Lyons administers the annual influenza vaccination to Electronics Technician Seaman Thomas Siler.

Chief Hospital Corpsman Dale Lyons administers the annual influenza va...

NORFOLK (Oct. 13, 2010) Chief Hospital Corpsman Dale Lyons, from Kingsport, Tenn., administers the annual influenza vaccination to Electronics Technician Seaman Thomas Siler, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., in th... More

Quality of Life Plus, US Navy Photogrpah

Quality of Life Plus, US Navy Photogrpah

Brian Hughs, Robert DeRohan and Matt Griebel, all part of a three-man Quality of Life Plus team, cast an impression of a Navy special warfare operator assigned to an East Coast based SEAL team at California Pol... More

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-045 -- Students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly prepare to integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer PPOD container. The PPOD and CubeSat Project were developed by Cal Poly and Stanford University’s Space Systems Development Lab for use on NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite ELaNa missions. Each CubeSat measures about 4-inches cubed and is about the same volume as a quart. The CubeSats weigh about 2.2 pounds, must conform to standard aerospace materials and must operate without propulsion.          The satellites are being prepared to launch with NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL rocket, targeted to lift off Feb. 23, 2011, from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 576-E. Glory is scheduled to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon from its place in low Earth orbit. It also will help scientists understand how the sun's irradiance affects Earth's climate. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force/Jerry E. Clemens Jr. KSC-2010-5777

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-045 -- Students at Californi...

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-045 -- Students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly prepare to integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital... More

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-054 -- Roland Coelho and Ryan Nugent, students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer PPOD container. The PPOD and CubeSat Project were developed by Cal Poly and Stanford University’s Space Systems Development Lab for use on NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite ELaNa missions. Each CubeSat measures about 4-inches cubed and is about the same volume as a quart. The CubeSats weigh about 2.2 pounds, must conform to standard aerospace materials and must operate without propulsion.        The satellites are being prepared to launch with NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL rocket, targeted to lift off Feb. 23, 2011, from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 576-E. Glory is scheduled to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon from its place in low Earth orbit. It also will help scientists understand how the sun's irradiance affects Earth's climate. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force/Jerry E. Clemens Jr. KSC-2010-5778

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-054 -- Roland Coelho and Rya...

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-054 -- Roland Coelho and Ryan Nugent, students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly ... More

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-059 -- Roland Coelho and Ryan Nugent, students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer PPOD container. The PPOD and CubeSat Project were developed by Cal Poly and Stanford University’s Space Systems Development Lab for use on NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite ELaNa missions. Each CubeSat measures about 4-inches cubed and is about the same volume as a quart. The CubeSats weigh about 2.2 pounds, must conform to standard aerospace materials and must operate without propulsion.    The satellites are being prepared to launch with NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL rocket, targeted to lift off Feb. 23, 2011, from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 576-E. Glory is scheduled to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon from its place in low Earth orbit. It also will help scientists understand how the sun's irradiance affects Earth's climate. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force/Jerry E. Clemens Jr. KSC-2010-5779

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-059 -- Roland Coelho and Rya...

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-059 -- Roland Coelho and Ryan Nugent, students at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, integrate miniature research satellites called CubeSats into a Poly ... More

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-060 -- Roland Coelho, a student at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, inspects the integration alignment of miniature research satellites called a CubeSats into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer PPOD container. The PPOD and CubeSat Project were developed by Cal Poly and Stanford University’s Space Systems Development Lab for use on NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite ELaNa missions. Each CubeSat measures about 4-inches cubed and is about the same volume as a quart. The CubeSats weigh about 2.2 pounds, must conform to standard aerospace materials and must operate without propulsion.    The satellites are being prepared to launch with NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL rocket, targeted to lift off Feb. 23, 2011, from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 576-E. Glory is scheduled to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon from its place in low Earth orbit. It also will help scientists understand how the sun's irradiance affects Earth's climate. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force/Jerry E. Clemens Jr. KSC-2010-5780

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-060 -- Roland Coelho, a stud...

San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- 101116-F-8290C-060 -- Roland Coelho, a student at California Polytechnic State University Cal Poly, inspects the integration alignment of miniature research satellites called a CubeSa... More

Operations Specialist Seaman Ruben Ward, left, from Douglas, Ga., and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alex Torres, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., track contacts on radar systems.

Operations Specialist Seaman Ruben Ward, left, from Douglas, Ga., and ...

ARABIAN GULF (May. 19, 2011) Operations Specialist Seaman Ruben Ward, left, from Douglas, Ga., and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alex Torres, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., track contacts on radar systems aboard the a... More

Soldiers from the 40th Military Police Company, 185th

Soldiers from the 40th Military Police Company, 185th

Soldiers from the 40th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, engage each other during Civil Disturbance Control training at Camp... More

Candidates from the California Army National Guard's

Candidates from the California Army National Guard's

Candidates from the California Army National Guard's Grizzly Academy prepare to catch a fellow student during a confidence building session July 19 at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. The young candidates are teste... More

Sgt. Ryan P. Williams, center,  salutes the 49th Military

Sgt. Ryan P. Williams, center, salutes the 49th Military

Sgt. Ryan P. Williams, center, salutes the 49th Military Police Brigade's senior enlisted leaders during the 49th's non-commissioned officer board, July 19, at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. Williams won the com... More

In the only head-to-head matchup of the 185th Military

In the only head-to-head matchup of the 185th Military

In the only head-to-head matchup of the 185th Military Police Battalion's Obstacle Course Challenge July 21 at Camp San Luis Obispo, Pfc. Charles Payne and Cpl. Richard Mair complete a log jump nearly side-by-s... More

Members of the Graduate Recognition and Internship

Members of the Graduate Recognition and Internship

Members of the Graduate Recognition and Internship Program, a program of the California National Guard's Grizzly Youth Academy, walk to their designated platoons at Camp San Luis Obispo July 22. The students ar... More

Spc. Brian Quinonez of the 224th Sustainment Brigade,

Spc. Brian Quinonez of the 224th Sustainment Brigade,

Spc. Brian Quinonez of the 224th Sustainment Brigade, Long Beach, Calif., performs sit-ups during an early morning Army Physical Fitness Test at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., Sept. 12, 2011. The APFT was the fi... More

California National Guard soldiers competing for the title of 2011 Best Warrior get support from their fellow warrior

California National Guard soldiers competing for the title of 2011 Bes...

Staff Sgt. Demetrius McCowan (right) of Fresno, Calif., a sheet metal aircraft structural mechanic for the 1106th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group, sits with his sponsor Sgt. 1st Class James Palleres,... More

Graduates of the Huntington Park Police Departments'

Graduates of the Huntington Park Police Departments'

Graduates of the Huntington Park Police Departments' Juveniles-At-Risk Program pose for a photo with their instructors after their graduation ceremony Dec. 17, 2011. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/ Released)

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, California

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, Ca...

The theater, opened in 1942, is among the last Streamline Moderne theaters built by architect S. Charles Lee. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in the present-day city of San Luis Obispo, California

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797 by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date,... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date... More

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in the present-day city of San Luis Obispo, California

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

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Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date... More

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California

Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, San Lu...

Established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. Title, date... More

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, California

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, Ca...

The theater, opened in 1942, is among the last Streamline Moderne theaters built by architect S. Charles Lee. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, California

The Fremont Theater is a historic movie theater in San Luis Obispo, Ca...

The theater, opened in 1942, is among the last Streamline Moderne theaters built by architect S. Charles Lee. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

Michelle Wong - North Cascades National Park

Michelle Wong - North Cascades National Park

Michelle Wong is a rising senior at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, majoring in wildlife biology. She is interested in focusing on human dimensions of conservation in her graduate studies. Michelle will assist with b... More

Spc. Julian Batz, a cavalry scout with K Troop, 1st

Spc. Julian Batz, a cavalry scout with K Troop, 1st

Spc. Julian Batz, a cavalry scout with K Troop, 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry Regiment, eagerly anticipates the start of the 60-yard shuttle sprint event in the new Army Physical Readiness Test during the 2012 Re... More

The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants

The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants

The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants perform during their 2012 Fall Tour at the San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, Calif., Oct. 15.

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Neon marquee of the Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Dining room at the landmark Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California

Dining room at the landmark Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Inn sports a pink color scheme in many of its rooms and in its advertising. It was created by Alex Madonna, a successful construction magnate and entr... More

KSC-2013-2721 – SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Roland Coelho, third from left, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team load a payload into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Dispensor, or P-Pod nanolauncher/carrier in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cube sections, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Known as a CubeSat, the satellite will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. It will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. Also, a new launcher/carrier of a lightweight design also is being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2722

KSC-2013-2721 – SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Roland Coelho, third from lef...

KSC-2013-2721 – SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Roland Coelho, third from left, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team load a payload into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Dispensor, or P-Pod nanolau... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi PeoplesCollectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers.  Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2013-2706

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads,... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, right, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cube sections, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Known as a CubeSat, the satellite will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. It will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2718

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, right, CalPoly program lead, ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, right, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Inst... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Kevin Ruiz, a NASA mentor, and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2708

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Kevin Ruiz, a NASA mentor, and the student l...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Kevin Ruiz, a NASA mentor, and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly.... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2710

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads,... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – A member of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2712

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – A member of the student launch team for the ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – A member of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include ... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, third from left, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team load a payload into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Dispensor, or P-Pod nanolauncher/carrier in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cube sections, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Known as a CubeSat, the satellite will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. It will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. Also, a new launcher/carrier of a lightweight design also is being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2723

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, third from left, CalPoly prog...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Roland Coelho, third from left, CalPoly program lead, and members of the student launch team load a payload into a Poly Picosatellite Orbital Dispensor, or P-Pod nanolauncher/carrier i... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cube sections, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Known as a CubeSat, the satellite will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. It will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2719

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Po...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes se... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Members of the student launch team for the StangSat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2713

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Members of the student launch team for the S...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Members of the student launch team for the StangSat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sen... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads, which include sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cubes, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Collectively known as CubeSats, the satellites will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. They will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2709

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – NASA mentors and the student launch team for the StangSat and Polysat go through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payloads,... More

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes sensors and equipment carefully packaged into 4-inch cube sections, will ride in the body of a Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket during a June 15 launch on a high-altitude, suborbital flight. Known as a CubeSat, the satellite will record shock, vibrations and heat inside the rocket. It will not be released during the test flight, but the results will be used to prove or strengthen their designs before they are carried into orbit in 2014 on a much larger rocket. A new, lightweight carrier is also being tested for use on future missions to deploy the small spacecraft. The flight also is being watched closely as a model for trying out new or off-the-shelf technologies quickly before putting them in the pipeline for use on NASA's largest launchers. Built by several different organizations, including a university, a NASA field center and a high school, the spacecraft are four-inch cubes designed to fly on their own eventually, but will remain firmly attached to the rocket during the upcoming mission. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/elana/cubesatlaunchpreview.html Photo credit: VAFB/Kathi Peoples KSC-2013-2720

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Po...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –Members of the student launch team for the Polysat works through final checks in the CubeSat lab facility at California Polytechnic Institute, or CalPoly. The payload, which includes se... More

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