NASA is operating a Global Hawk UAV for environmental Earth observation.
NASA is operating a Global Hawk UAV for environmental Earth observation. The first Earth science mission will be the Global Hawk Pacific, or GloPac. NASA’s Global Hawk aircraft will collect atmospheric data while flying through the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere to calibrate instruments and validate data from NASA’s Aura satellite. This mission is expected to encompass the entire offshore Pacific region with four to five 30-hour flights. > Read More