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Gravimeter Installed in DC-8 Cabin
Gravimeter Installed in DC-8 Cabin

Encased in its insulated cover for thermal stability, a gravimeter was installed in the cabin of NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory…

DACOM Mounted in DC-8 for Operation IceBridge 2009
DACOM Mounted in DC-8 for Operation IceBridge 2009

Glen Sachse of NASA’s Langley Research Center adjusts the Differential Absorption CO Measurement, or DACOM, instrument mounted in NASA’s DC-8…

Researcher Adjusts DACOM for Operation IceBridge 2009
Researcher Adjusts DACOM for Operation IceBridge 2009

The Differential Absorption CO Measurement, or DACOM, instrument developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center was mounted in NASA’s DC-8 flying…

Researcher Adjusts DACOM on DC-8
Researcher Adjusts DACOM on DC-8

Glen Sachse of NASA’s Langley Research Center adjusts the Differential Absorption CO Measurement, or DACOM, instrument developed at Langley after…

Tracking Antarctica’s Sea Ice, Glaciers, and Ice Sheets
Tracking Antarctica’s Sea Ice, Glaciers, and Ice Sheets

The interior of NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory is loaded with instruments bound for the Antarctic during the fall 2009 Operation…

Manny Antimisiaris Directs Flight Path for Operation IceBridge 2010
Manny Antimisiaris Directs Flight Path for Operation IceBridge 2010

NASA flight navigator Manny Antimisiaris directed the exact flight path of NASA’s DC-8 airborne science laboratory during NASA’s 2010 IceBridge…

A Burst of Spring
A Burst of Spring

Spring has sprung on Mars, bringing with it the disappearance of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) that covers north polar…

LVIS Instrumentation Rack Installed in DC-8
LVIS Instrumentation Rack Installed in DC-8

NASA Dryden aircraft technician Don Bailes is assisted by two mission scientists in positioning the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor’s instrumentation…

Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor Installed in DC-8
Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor Installed in DC-8

The Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, instrumentation rack awaits loading on NASA’s DC-8 airborne science laboratory at Building 703…

DC-8 IceBridge Team Reviews Data
DC-8 IceBridge Team Reviews Data

NASA flight navigator Manny Antimisiaris reviewed data with URS Corp. senior research scientist John Sonntag while scientists and flight crew…