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NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory takes off from Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on NASA’s AirSAR 2004 campaign
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory takes off from Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition by an international team of scientists that will use an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), in a mission ranging from the tropical rain forests of Central America to frigid Antarctica.
Image Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
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TakenMarch 3, 2004
ProducerAFRC
Image CreditNASA/Jim Ross
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