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NACA Physicist Studies Alpha Rays
In this 1957 photograph, an unnamed NACA physicist studies alpha rays in a continuous cloud chamber. NACA, the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics, was NASA's predecessor. Scientists at the Lewis Research Center (now Glenn Research Center) used the cloud chamber to obtain information aimed at minimizing undesirable effects of radiation.
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