ER-2 High-altitude Platform News Archives
- After a lengthy downtime for a major overhaul, NASA 806, one of NASA's two high-flying ER-2 Earth resources aircraft, took to the skies recently from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on its first science mission in over two years.
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2005
NASA’s ER-2 Flies over Hurricane Emily’s Eye (7/05) - As Hurricane Emily lashes the coast of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, a high-flying NASA ER-2 earth sciences aircraft from the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flew high over the storm as it moved across the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico.
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2004
Scientists Find Ozone-Destroying Molecule - Using measurements from a NASA aircraft flying over the Arctic, Harvard University scientists have made the first observations of a molecule that researchers have long theorized plays a key role in destroying stratospheric ozone, chlorine peroxide.
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2004: A Year of Significant Milestones at NASA Dryden (12/04) - As 2004 drew to a close, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base looked back on a year of challenge and accomplishment in its role of NASA's lead center for atmospheric flight research. A few of the highlights included:
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NASA Dryden’s ER-2 Collects Soil Moisture Over the O.K. Corral (8/04) - Tombstone, Ariz., is a dusty place known for Wyatt Earp's famous 1881 "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." This year, from August 2 to 27, it will be known as the place where scientists from NASA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other institutions gather and study soil moisture to improve weather forecasts and the ability to interpret satellite data.
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2003
NASA Research Aircraft searches Columbia’s path for debris (2/03) - A NASA high-altitude research aircraft flew over portions of the Space Shuttle Columbia's flight path Saturday. NASA's ER-2 used special cameras to search for debris that may have separated from Columbia as it returned to Earth Feb. 1. Columbia disintegrated over the western United States during its descent, and investigators are collecting debris in an effort to determine the cause of the accident.
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2002
NASA ER-2 Participates in Florida Cirrus Cloud Study (7/02) - NASA's high-altitude ER-2 airplane is participating in a study of cirrus clouds called the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment (CRYSTAL-FACE).
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