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NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft, in new colors and markings, in flight Feb. 24, 2004.
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Photo Number: |
EC04-0047-006 |
Photo Date: |
February 24, 2004 |
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513x480 JPEG Image (129 KBytes)
1094x1024 JPEG Image (550 KBytes)
2565x2400 JPEG Image (3220 KBytes)
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Photo
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NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft, in new colors and markings, in flight Feb. 24, 2004. Dark panels on lower fuselage are synthetic aperture radar antennas enabling sophisticated studies of Earth features. |
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Project
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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 |