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NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft, in new colors and markings, in flight Feb. 24, 2004.

 
Photo Number: EC04-0047-006
Photo Date: February 24, 2004
 
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Photo
Description:
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.
 
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.
 
NASA Photo by: Jim Ross
 
Keywords: DC-8, Airborne Science, new paint scheme, flying science laboratory, Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, AIRSAR
 


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