2008
NASA, Air Resources Board To Examine California Air Quality (6/08): NASA and scientists from the California Air Resources Board are conducting a series of research flights this month that are examining the atmosphere over the state to better understand the chemical dynamics of smog and greenhouse gases.
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NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution (4/08): NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory departed the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., Tuesday for Fairbanks, Alaska, to participate in one of the largest international atmospheric studies ever attempted.
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2007
NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory Returns to Dryden: Aircraft to be Based at Dryden's New Aircraft Operations Facility -
NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory returned to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently after an absence of more than two years. The venerable flying science lab's missions had been managed by the University of North Dakota since late 2005, although Dryden flight crews continued to operate the aircraft on worldwide data gathering missions.
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2005
International Science Team Measures Arctic’s Atmosphere (1/05) - An international team of scientists has embarked on a journey this week to improve modeling of global scale air quality and climate change predictions by conducting high quality measurements of the arctic region's atmosphere.
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2004
Alaskan Volcanoes and Glacier Focus of NASA Science Mission (9/04) - Seven active Alaskan volcanoes are being studied in an airborne campaign this week by NASA and university scientists to gather data to evaluate volcanic hazards. In addition to volcanoes, instruments on board NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory are studying the Hubbard Glacier, Alaskan forests and sea ice.
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NASA’s INTEX Global Air Quality Mission Under Way (6/04) - NASA and other U.S. and international agencies will measure the movements of pollution around the globe this summer as part of a combined air quality and climate study. The first phase of the two-part experiment kicks off today and runs through August 19.
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NASA Embarks on a Sweeping Airborne Science Expedition (3/04) - An international team of scientists from NASA and other research institutions has embarked on a three-week expedition of discovery that will take them from the lush, dense rain forests of Central America to the frigid isolation of Antarctica.
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2003
NASA Aircraft Flies Science Mission Over California (5/03) - Care to sample the sea salt, dust and other contaminants over California until mid-June? These aerosols fill the air and provide an ideal environment for a new NASA field experiment starting May 28. As wind blows along the California coast, across dry deserts, and through urban areas, NASA scientists and their university partners will test the accuracy of instruments that measure aerosols -- particles in the atmosphere -- using NASA’s DC-8 aircraft and ground stations.
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NASA and Naval Research Lab Study Coastal Eddies (4/03) - Swirling waters off southern California will be studied by NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) this month. These coastal eddies can be important in bringing nutrients from deep to surface waters where they provide stimulus for ocean plant growth.
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2002
NASA DC-8 Participates in Midwest Water Vapor Study (4/02) - NASA's DC-8, based at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., is participating in a study of water vapor that feeds showers and thunderstorms. The aircraft is one of six taking samples during the International H2O Project (IHOP2002) May 13 through June 15. Missions will fly out of Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport.
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NASA Dryden Aircraft Flies Simulated Search and Rescue Mission (4/02) - NASA, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) have partnered for a simulated search and rescue mission to take place in the mountainous area of San Bernardino County, California, in early April.
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NASA DC-8 Participates in Snow and Ice Study (2/02) - NASA's Airborne Science DC-8 aircraft departs its sunny Mojave Desert home in California on Feb. 17 to take part in a NASA-sponsored study of frozen landscapes. The IceSAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will use microwave remote sensing instruments on the aircraft to measure critical components of selected cold areas of the northern United States where land is frozen either seasonally or permanently.
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2001
NASA Braves Storms in Quest for Better Understanding of Hurricanes (8/01) - As this year's hurricane season arrives, a team of researchers participating in a NASA study is ready. Armed with airplanes from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., robotic aerial vehicles and a fleet of sophisticated instruments, the researchers are ready to meet these potentially deadly and destructive storms head-on, gathering data vital to improve hurricane modeling and prediction.
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Researchers Trace Evolving Pacific Air Chemistry (3/01) - By studying the springtime airflow from Asia across the Pacific, NASA scientists intend to collect information to learn how natural and human-induced changes affect our global climate.
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2000
Flying Laboratory Begins Pacific Rim Earth Science Studies (7/00) - The most volcanically active region in the world-the Pacific Rim-is center stage for a comprehensive Earth-observing mission being conducted by NASA and a team of scientists from several research institutions over the next 2 1/2 months.
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