NASA truck parked at the space Geodetic Research Facility of the Norwegian Mapping Authority, Ny Alesund, Svalbard.

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Space Geodetic Research Facility of the Norwegian Mapping Authority, Ny Alesund, Svalbard. This is one of a network of such installations used to measure changes in the shape and movement of the earth, and it's rotation and axis position by following a pulsar, or pulsating star in space.

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Location: Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
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