A dropsonde chute is positioned in the aft portion of the DC-8 cabin.
View of Tropical Storm Cindy from the DC-8 during a June 21 science flight. The storm later made landfall in…
Scientists from University of New Mexico, University of Utah, and various NASA centers meet at the CPEX operations center to…
A probe for the MASC (Microwave Atmospheric Sounder for Cubesats) instrument is mounted on the DC-8’s left wing.
DC-8 Navigator Greg Pugh plans for the June 10 and 11 Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX) science flights.
The DC-8 mission board is the hub for all communication and power needs of the flying laboratory.
The DAWN instrument, standing for Doppler Aerosol Wind Lidar, measures the horizontal wind profile below the plane. It was developed…
This photo was taken from the DC-8’s cabin showing the variety of science instrument racks and stations that are part…
Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA photographed the glowing nighttime lights of an aurora from his vantage point…
The ECLSS purifies the crew’s waste — including urine and sweat – to provide consumable water to the astronauts.
