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First DC-8 Flight of ARCTAS

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Sep 27, 2009
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First DC-8 Flight of ARCTAS
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory lifted off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA, on its first flight in the ARCTAS atmospheric science mission.

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Mission: Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS)

NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory lifted off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA, on its first flight in the ARCTAS atmospheric science mission. NASA conducted a major science field campaign in 2008 to study the atmosphere in the Arctic and high northern latitudes as part of the International Polar Year, a major scientific research effort.April 1, 2008
NASA Photo / Carla Thomas