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#title: "home"
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date: 2016-03-23T11:48:41-04:00
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excerpt: "Space telescopes large and small. CubeSats and instrumentation. Exoplanets, debris disks, and better understanding our own planet."
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  - image_path: assets/fspas-08-676281-g005.jpg
    image_caption: "[DeMi CubeSat](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2021.676281/full) being deployed from the International Space Station. Image “iss063e044976” from the ISS Cupola, courtesy NASA."
    alt: "Courtesy  NASA"
    title: "Research"
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    url: "/Research"
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  - image_path: /assets/picture_b_at_ws.jpeg
    image_caption: "The PICTURE-B Sounding rocket at WSMR."
    alt: "Courtesy NASA"
    url: /Facilities
    title: "Facilities."
  - image_path: assets/steward_dome_esd_oniphone.jpeg
    alt: "Photo of Steward Observatory Dome"
    url: http://www.as.arizona.edu
    title: "Steward Observatory"
    image_caption: "Steward is our academic home at the University of Arizona and we collaborate closely with many departments and have research and work opportunties for all students with an interest in space, astrophysics, optics, or instrumentation."
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    alt: "Image of the Hubble Space Telescope from the Space Telescope Science Institute"
    title: "Mailing Address"
    excerpt: "Department of Astronomy/Steward Observatory,
                933 North Cherry Avenue, Rm. N204,
                Tucson, AZ 85721-0065"
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  - image_path: assets/wfirst_exozodi.png
    alt: "Simulation of an extrasolar system with planets embedded in exozodiacal dust."
    title: "Shipping Address"  
    excerpt: 'Steward Observatory Annex,
    1540 East Second Street,
   Tucson, AZ 85721-0064'
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  - image_path: assets/25sci_6112547.jpg
    alt: "25 Scientists Sculpture on UArizona Main Campus"
    title: "University of Arizona Land Acknowledgement"
    excerpt: 'We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.'
    url: "https://news.arizona.edu/story/uarizona-land-acknowledgement-illustrates-commitment-indigenous-students-communities"
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