Image: DC-8 72 overflight

Description: NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft, in new colors and markings, takes off Feb. 24, 2004. Formats: 495x480 JPEG Image (109 KBytes) 1056x1024 JPEG Image (520 KBytes) 2474x2400 JPEG Image (3197 KBytes) Photo Description: NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft, in new colors and markings, takes off 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. Keywords: DC-8, Airborne Science, new paint scheme, flying science laboratory, Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, AIRSAR
Title: DC-8 72 overflight
Credit: Dryden NASA (http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/DC-8/HTML/EC04-0047-011.html)
Author: Dryden NASA/Tony Landis
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License: Public domain
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