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Solar Challenge rally benefits from space technology
 
7 September 2001

Nuna
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Space technology and expertise in the Dutch solar powered racing car ‘Nuna’

Credits: ESA / Alpha Centauri Nuon Solar Racing Team
 
 
Wind tunnel tests
Wind tunnel tests performed on a scale model of the Nuna
 
 
Nuna
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Space technology used in Dutch solar powered racing car ‘Nuna’

Credits: ESA / Alpha Centauri Nuon Solar Racing Team
 
 
World Solar Challenge route
From start to finish the World Solar Challenge is 3010 km.
 
 
Claude Nicollier spacewalk
Astronaut Claude Nicollier, mission specialist from the European Space Agency (ESA) uses one of the Hubble power tools in a storage enclosure during the second of three STS-103 extravehicular activities. Photo: NASA

Credits: NASA
 
 
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