2023 SARP WestLogo embroidered into the seat covers on the DC-8 jetliner, also known as the Airborne Science Laboratory.View of the aircraft hangar next to building 703 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday, June...Students are escorted through the hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ryan Bennett leads students onto the DC-8 for the first airborne science flight on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Palmdale,...Victor Geiser, a meteorology student from St. Louis University in Missouri boards the DC-8 along with other students for a...Engine of the DC-8 jetliner, also known as the Airborne Science LaboratorySARP students and faculty take a group photo in front of the DC-8 before a research flight on June 27,...SARP students and faculty take a group photo in front of the DC-8 before a research flight on June 27,...Christy Harper, a rising senior at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California....Ivan Tochimani-Hernandez at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. He is an Earth sciences major at Dartmouth College.Victor Geiser, a meteorology student from St. Louis University in Missouri, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Annette Yang, an applied chemistry student from UC Davis in California, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Shaina Wilburn, a SARP graduate student mentor from Mississippi State University, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California,...Graduate student mentor Shaina Wilburn helps SARP student Patrica Hutton in the conference room of building 703, at NASA’s Armstrong...Ryan Bennett, SARP’s most recent program manager, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ryan Bennett, SARP’s most recent program manager, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ryan Bennett and Ann Marie Carlton in Building 703, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, June 26,...Ryan Bennett, checks the scheduled flight path of the DC-8 before its first research flight on Monday, June 26, 2023,...Program Scientist Melissa Yang, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Donald R. Blake, professor of Chemistry at University of California, Irvine, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Barry Lefer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. Lefer is the program manager of the Tropospheric Composition...SARP faculty group photo in the aircraft hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Barry Lefer at work monitoring the progress of a research flight on June 26, 2023, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...A chart showing the DC-8’s flight path for an airborne research flight over the Los Angeles Basin and Salton Sea...Anne Marie Carlton undergoes Egress training before her flight on the DC-8, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.Students and faculty seek shelter from the sun under the wing of the DC-8, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.A technician checks the landing gear of a Gulfstream plane before departure June 27, 2023.The Gulfstream III and the Gulfstream V prepare to depart the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.The Gulfstream III and the Gulfstream V prepare to depart the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...Sign warns of laser light on one of the instruments on board the DC8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...Stickers on the wall of the DC-8 reveal how many countries the aircraft has visited during international campaigns, Wednesday, June...A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...View from a window of the DC-8 as it flies above a residential area in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, June...View from a window of the DC-8 as it makes a “missed approach” on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.A researcher explains their work to a SARP instrument during the flight on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.A SARP student looks out the window of the DC-8 during the research flight on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.One of the Whole Air Damping canisters on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California,...
