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One of PARI's giant radio telescopes peers above the tree line on the nearly 200-acre campus in Transylvania County. It will help track NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.
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A Transylvania County science research and education center with roots in the Space Race is getting back to its original mission, helping NASA track astronauts as they head to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
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