ER-2 High-Altitude Science AircraftAndrew Shaw works on a component for the high-altitude ER-2 aircraft's instrument panel.Herman Escobar works on a part for the ER-2 instrument panel.Technician Johnny Bryant works on rewiring the high-altitude aircraft's fixed nose and cockpit.Technician David Johnson works on rewiring the high-altitude ER-2 aircraft's fixed nose and cockpit.ÂHector Rosas works on fabricating a part for the ER-2 instrumentation panel.Eric Nisbet works on a part for the ER-2 instrument panel.An ER-2 based at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California flew a mission over the state's wildfires Aug. 9...ER-2 flyover at L.A. County Airshow, March 25, 2017. NASA will be working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...The Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator will map lightning strikes using 30 photometers, instruments that measure the intensity of...NASA’s ER-2 takes off from its base of operations at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California...ER-2s bearing tail numbers 806 and 809 are used as airborne science platforms by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The...Preparing the ER-2 for the Observations of Clouds above Aerosols and their Interactions (ORACLES) MissionER-2 Pilot and Life Support Technician prep for ORACLESThe instrument panel illuminates the cockpit of NASA's high-altitude ER-2 during a night mission over the eastern U.S. during the...A storm system over North Carolina was the focus of a May 2014 flight by NASA's ER-2 during the Integrated...NASA's high-altitude ER-2 prepares for take off from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.The ER-2 aircraft arrives at Ellington Field in Houston to prepare for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and...The ER-2 aircraft arrives at Ellington Field in Houston to prepare for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and...NASA's high-altitude ER-2 taxis to the runway of Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA. Following is a NASA chase...The ER-2 aircraft arrived at Ellington Field in Houston in preparation for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and...Armstrong ER-2 pilot Dean Neeley (forefront), assisted by Tim Williams (also an ER-2 pilot) checked the cockpit after flying the...The ER-2 aircraft arrived at Ellington Field in Houston in preparation for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and...The ER-2 aircraft arrived at Ellington Field in Houston in preparation for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and...Jose Landeros (left) and Robert Herman install components of the JPL Laser Hygrometer located under the fuselage of NASA's high-altitude...The ER-2 aircraft arrived at Ellington Field in Houston in preparation for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and...NASA's high-altitude ER-2 taxied to the Air Force Plant 42 runway in preparation for a science mission.Life support technician Joshua Graham helped NASA ER-2 pilot Tim Williams enter the aircraft in preparation for a science mission.NASA pilot Tim Williams wore a pressure suit for a science mission of NASA's high-altitude ER-2 that could reach altitudes...Richard Leub, University of Miami, prepared the Whole Air Sampler for mounting in an under-wing pod on NASA's ER-2 aircraft...Jessica Smith (left) and Maryann Sargent, Harvard University, assembled components of the Harvard Water Vapor instrument that combined two independent...Jose Landeros (left) and Robert Herman assembled the JPL Laser Hygrometer that measured water vapor from NASA high-altitude ER-2 during...NASA Dryden mechanics and technicians installed the Q-bay cover on the ER-2 while scientists monitored testing of their instruments in...Alan Kittelman, University of Colorado, worked on the Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer installed on NASA's high-altitude ER-2 for the SEAC4RS...If a General Electric F118 jet engine had slightly myopic eyes, this is what it would see as the twin...Computer Sciences Corp. mechanic Jerry Roth marked holes for proper alignment of a blueprint on the wing skin of NASA's...The forward fuselage of NASA ER-2 No. 809 was missing its nose, canopy, and instrumentation that were removed during major...NASA ER-2 nose cones rest in carts awaiting flight. The nose cones vary in size to accommodate different science instruments.The top panel of a NASA ER-2's wing was removed for examination of the fuel lines and tanks within the...If a General Electric F118 jet engine had eyes, this is what it would see as the twin air inlets...The rear fuselage of NASA's ER-2 No. 809, the area that holds the engine's exhaust pipe, resembled an aluminum cave...
