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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > Pathfinder > Movie # EM-0023-08 |
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Pathfinder-Plus aircraft flight 98-2 |
| Movie Number |
EM-0023-08
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| Movie Date |
June 1998
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| Formats | 160x120 15-fps QuickTime Movie (3,685 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps QuickTime Movie 320x240 30-fps MPEG-1 Movie (4,910 KBytes) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/Pathfinder/index.html |
| Description |
The Pathfinder-Plus solar-powered aircraft is shown taking off from a runway, then flying at low altitude over the ocean. The vehicle, which looks like a flying ruler, operates at low airspeed. Among the missions proposed for a solar-powered aircraft are communications relay, atmospheric studies, pipeline monitoring and gas leak detection, environmental monitoring using thermal and radar images, and disaster relief and monitoring. |
| Keywords | Pathfinder; AeroVironment; Inc.; NASA; ERAST; Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology; Dryden Flight Research Center; Gossamer Albatross; Paul MacCready; Solar Challenger; solar-electric flight; HALSOL; High-Altitude Solar Energy; Ballistic Missile Defense Office; National Aeronautic Association; Pacific Missile Range Facility; Rogers Dry Lakebed; Edwards Air Force Base |
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