More Science in the Air News
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Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two…
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This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA will fly aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California…
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After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will…
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then,…
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After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s…
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During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Thursday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Department of Health and Human…
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NASA and international researchers are studying the air quality in Asia as part of a global effort to better understand…
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What: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s DC-8 aircraft will fly over Central Valley and surroundings areas as part of an air…
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In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of…
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Contrails, the lines of clouds from high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an…
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Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Joe Piotrowski is the lead operations engineer for the King…
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NASA to Showcase Revolutionary Aero Tech at Aviation Day Event
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Flying over and tromping through watery landscapes along the East Coast, working alongside NASA scientists, and recording measurements about the…
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Media are invited to a virtual media day on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 8:00-9:00 AM PST to learn about NASA…
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In July 2023, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft has been flying close to thunderclouds to investigate lightning and its connection to the…
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The STAQS mission is connecting air quality from space to skies to the streets of Chicago, New York, Toronto, and…
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Often research associated with air quality and pollution prioritizes transportation – especially car emissions – as an area of focus.…
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This summer, NASA's Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) will celebrate its 15th anniversary.
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More than 1 billion people rely on seasonal mountain snowmelt as a resource for their water supply and a team…
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NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, completed more than 30 flights in…
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PALMDALE, Calif.- The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be flying from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale,…
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When researchers test communications technology for the national airspace, they will be using a newly acquired tool at NASA’s Glenn…
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On Oct. 14, 2022, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo and Eugene Tu, center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s…
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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was a mission of discovery, revealing unseen – and sometimes unseeable – parts…
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A group of university students and mentors flew aboard NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s DC-8 aircraft to study air quality…
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NASA and its partners at the German Space Agency at the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) will conclude…
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The X-59, NASA’s quiet supersonic experimental aircraft, has arrived back at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, following…
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NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft No. 806 returned to flight after three years of significant modifications and heavy maintenance. Flying from…
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Scientists repeatedly check the weather forecasts as they prepare aircraft for flight and perform last-minute checks on science instruments. There’s…
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After a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 53 students flew on NASA’s DC-8 as part of NASA’s Student…