Jake Schaefer, left, looks over control information on a monitor in front of him for the X-56A before flight. Next…
Scott Howe, X-56A chief pilot, and Dana Purifoy, co-pilot, complete preflight checks from a ground cockpit in the control room.
Researchers Anna Noe and Eric Altman check out the Doppler Aerosol Wind Lidar (DAWN), an airborne instrument that uses pulsed…
To verify the lidar data they’re collecting on the DC-8 airborne science laboratory, Aeolus mission scientists will use dropsondes, which…
NASA Langley Research Center’s Kris Bedka, pictured here on the DC-8 flying laboratory, is the lead for an airborne mission…
Aerosol data from the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO), pictured here, will give mission scientists a better sense how Doppler…
The High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instrument head, which houses the lidar instrument, is installed onto the DC-8 airborne science…
The High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) system electronics and diagnostic tools are integrated onto the DC-8 airborne science laboratory at…
Without the sound advice of meteorologists and geologists working behind the scenes, one of the most consequential battles in human…
NASA astronaut Nick Hague floats inside Europe’s Columbus laboratory module during a HAM radio session using the International Space Station’s…
