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Airborne Science Program

Airborne Science Program
ER-2 #709 takes off from NASA Dryden

NASA's Airborne Science Program is administered from the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California. The program supports the sub-orbital flight requirements of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. Dryden maintains and operates two ER-2 high-altitude "satellite simulator" aircraft and a DC-8 which is specially configured as a "flying laboratory" in service from 1987 to May 2024.

The scientific disciplines that employ these aircraft include Earth sciences, astronomy, atmospheric chemistry, climatology, oceanography, archeology, ecology, forestry, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology, volcanology and biology. The DC-8 and ER-2 are also important tools for the development of sensors intended to fly aboard future Earth-observing satellites, and to validate and calibrate the sensors which are used onboard satellites which currently orbit the Earth.

NASA research aircraft types operated

Present

AircraftNumber in serviceIntroducedResearch Center
McDonnell Douglas DC-811987 (end in 2024)Armstrong Flight Research Center
Lockheed ER-221981Armstrong Flight Research Center
Gulfstream C-20A12008Armstrong Flight Research Center
Gulfstream III12012Johnson Space Center
Gulfstream III12012Langley Research Center
Gulfstream V12012Johnson Space Center
Lockheed P-3 Orion11991Wallops Flight Facility

Media

Image:Airborne Science Safari 2000 Mission.ogv|Airborne Science Safari 2000 Mission Image:ER-2 in Sweden for the Sage III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment.ogg|ER-2 in Sweden for the Sage III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

References

References

  1. https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/nasa-dc-8-retired
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