Airborne Science Program: Difference between revisions

[[NASA]]'s '''Airborne Science Program''' is administered from the [[Armstrong Flight Research Center|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 [[Lockheed U-2#ER-2 details|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.

== NASA research aircraft types operated ==

===Present===

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Aircraft

! Number in service

! Introduced

! Research Center

|-

| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-8]]

| 1

| 1987 (end in 2024)<ref>https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/nasa-dc-8-retired</ref>

| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]

|-

| [[Lockheed U-2|Lockheed ER-2]]

| 2

| 1981

| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]

|-

| [[Gulfstream III|Gulfstream C-20A]]

| 1

| 2008

| [[Armstrong Flight Research Center]]

|-

| [[Gulfstream III]]

| 1

| 2012

| [[Johnson Space Center]]

|-

| [[Gulfstream III]]

| 1

| 2012

| [[Langley Research Center]]

|-

| [[Gulfstream V]]

| 1

| 2012

| [[Johnson Space Center]]

|-

| [[Lockheed P-3 Orion]]

| 1

| 1991

| [[Wallops Flight Facility]]

|-

|}

Image:Airborne Science Safari 2000 Mission.ogv|Airborne Science Safari 2000 Mission

* {{cite web|title=NASA Airborne Science Program|work=NASA|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/AirSci/index.html|accessdate=October 18, 2005| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050929003701/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/AirSci/index.html| archivedate= 29 September 2005 | url-status= dead}}