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Photo Date |
Image Description |
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Ikhana Photo Collection Contact Sheet |
Press Release: 08-30 NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request
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| ED08-0151-07 |
July 2, 2008 |
Ground crewmen prepare NASA's Ikhana remotely piloted research aircraft for another flight. Ikhana's infrared imaging sensor pod is visible under the left wing. |
| ED08-0151-02 |
July 2, 2008 |
A ground crewman unplugs electrical connections during pre-flight checks of NASA's Ikhana research aircraft. Ikhana's payload pod is mounted on the left wing. |
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| ED08-0109-08 |
May 1, 2008 |
Ikhana fiber optic wing shape sensor team: clockwise from left, Anthony "Nino" Piazza, Allen Parker, William Ko and Lance Richards. |
| ED08-0016-20 |
January 17, 2008 |
Larry Hudson and James Smith work on a ground validation test with new fiber optic sensors that led to validation flights on the Ikhana aircraft. |
| ED07-0287-08 |
December 17, 2007 |
Although the new fiber optic sensors on the Ikhana are not visible, the sealant used to cover them can be seen in this view from above the left wing. |
Press Release: 08-30 NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request
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| ED07-0243-37 |
October 24, 2007 |
With smoke from the Lake Arrowhead, CA area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft heads out on a wildfire imaging mission. |
| ED07-0243-36 |
October 24, 2007 |
With smoke from the Lake Arrowhead, CA area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft heads out on a wildfire imaging mission. |
| ED07-0243-19 |
October 24, 2007 |
NASA Dryden engineer Kathleen Howell and Ikhana project manager Brent Cobleigh check the flight paths in Ikhana's ground control station before takeoff. |
| ED07-0243-18 |
October 24, 2007 |
NASA research pilot Mark Pestana flies the Ikhana unmanned aircraft remotely from the ground control station at NASA Dryden. |
| ED07-0243-14 |
October 23, 2007 |
NASA Dryden's Ikhana ground crewmen Gus Carreno and James Smith load the thermal-infrared imaging scanner pallet into the Ikhana's underwing payload pod. |
| ED07-0243-08 |
October 23, 2007 |
NASA Ames engineers Sally Buechel and Ted Hildum prepare to load the Autonomous Modular Scanner into the Ikhana unmanned aircraft's payload pod. |
| ED07-0243-03 |
October 23, 2007 |
NASA Ames engineer Ted Hildum checks out the thermal-infrared scanner computer before it is loaded on NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft. |
| ED07-0210-3 |
September 13, 2007 |
Ikhana's AMS wildfire imaging components include (from left) the data system, scan head and enclosures for the data disks, GPS and power supplies and controls. |
| ED07-0186-22 |
August 9, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana remotely piloted aircraft soars over smoky terrain during a wildfire imaging demonstration mission in the late summer of 2007. |
| ED07-0186-13 |
August 9, 2007 |
With its thermal-infared sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft cruises over California during the Western States Fire Mission. |
| ED07-0186-04 |
August 9, 2007 |
With its sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's remotely piloted Ikhana unmanned aircraft cruises over California during the Western States Fire Mission. |
| ED07-0186-01 |
August 9, 2007 |
Carrying its sensor pod, NASA's remotely piloted Ikhana unmanned aircraft banks away during a checkout flight in the Western States Fire Mission. |
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| ED07-0139-30 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft prepares for landing as it arrives at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
| ED07-0139-26 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft over Southern California's high desert during the ferry flight to its new home at the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0139-19 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft in flight during the ferry flight to its new home at the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0139-08 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over the U.S. Borax mine, Boron, California, near the Dryden/Edwards Air Force Base complex. |
| ED07-0139-05 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft over the U.S. Borax mine, Boron, California, near the Dryden/Edwards Air Force Base complex. |
| ED07-0138-13 |
June 23, 2007 |
After arriving via a ferry flight on June 23, 2007, NASA's Ikhana aircraft is towed to a hangar at its new home, the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0138-04 |
June 23, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base after its ferry flight to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0038-092 |
March 5, 2007 |
The narrow fuselage of NASA'S Ikhana unmanned science aircraft, a civil version of General Atomics' Predator B, is evident in this view from underneath. |
| ED07-0038-085 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B unmanned aircraft, takes to the sky for a morning checkout flight from the Grey Butte airfield. |
| ED07-0038-074 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B, lifts off from Grey Butte airfield in California. |
| ED07-0038-072 |
March 5, 2007 |
A small nose-mounted television camera enables pilots of NASA's Ikhana unmanned science aircraft to view the flight path ahead. |
| ED07-0038-067 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science demonstration aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B, lifts off from Grey Butte airfield in California. |
| ED07-0038-058 |
March 5, 2007 |
An efficient turboprop engine and large fuel capacity enable NASA's Ikhana aircraft to remain aloft for up to 30 hours on science or technology flights. |
| ED07-0038-052 |
March 5, 2007 |
Its white surfaces in contrast with the deep blue sky, NASA's Ikhana unmanned science and technology development aircraft soars over California's high desert. |
| ED07-0038-045 |
March 5, 2007 |
Straight wings, a Y-tail and a pusher propeller distinguish NASA's Ikhana, a civil version of General Atomics' Predator B unmanned aircraft. |
| ED07-0038-038 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned science aircraft ground control station includes consoles for two pilots and positions for scientists and engineers along the side. |
| ED07-0038-029 |
March 5, 2007 |
The bulging fairing atop the forward fuselage of NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft covers a variety of navigation, communications and science instruments. |
| ED07-0038-028 |
March 5, 2007 |
Narrow wings, a Y-tail and rear engine layout distinguish NASA's Ikhana aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B unmanned aircraft system. |
| ED07-0038-026 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA's Ikhana unmanned long-endurance science aircraft, a civil variant of General Atomics' Predator B, takes to the sky over Southern California's high desert. |
| ED07-0038-017 |
March 5, 2007 |
Crew chief Joe Kinn gives NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft a final check during engine run-up prior to takeoff at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' airfield. |
| ED07-0038-016 |
March 5, 2007 |
Distinguished by its large nose payload bay, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft does an engine run prior to takeoff from General Atomics' Grey Butte airfield. |
| ED07-0038-011 |
March 5, 2007 |
Bearing NASA tail number 870, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft is a civil version of the Predator B designed for high-altitude, long-endurance science flights. |
| ED07-0038-008 |
March 5, 2007 |
Silhouetted by the morning sun, NASA's Ikhana, a civil version of the Predator B unmanned aircraft, is readied for flight By NASA Dryden crew chief Joe Kinn. |
| ED07-0038-004 |
March 5, 2007 |
NASA Dryden crew chief Joe Kinn gives final checks to NASA's Ikhana, a civil version of the Predator B unmanned aircraft, prior to a morning checkout flight. |
