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NASA's Airborne Science DC-8 displays new colors in a check flight over the Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Photo Number: |
EC04-0047-002 |
Photo Date: |
February 24, 2004 |
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495x480 JPEG Image (133 KBytes)
1056x1024 JPEG Image (610 KBytes)
2474x2400 JPEG Image (3664 KBytes)
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Photo
Description: |
NASA's large Airborne Science research aircraft, a modified DC-8 airliner, displayed new colors in a check flight Feb. 24, 2004, over its home base, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, California. |
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Project
Description: |
NASA is using a DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, collects data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community. Included in this community are NASA, federal, state, academic and foreign investigators. Data gathered by the DC-8 at flight altitude and by remote sensing have been used for scientific studies in archeology, ecology, geography, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, volcanology, atmospheric chemistry, soil science and biology. |
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NASA Photo by: |
Jim Ross |
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Keywords: |
DC-8, Airborne Science, new paint scheme, flying science laboratory, Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, AIRSAR |