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A man in an orange jacket and white bucket hat faces the left side of the frame, carrying a fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft over his shoulder. On one wing is the words Black Swift Technologies in a serif font with a silhouette of a black bird. On the other wing is the NASA logo: a blue circle with a red vector and the word NASA in white text.

Tomlin Carries the S2

Jay Tomlin, science principal investigator for the CRATER project, carries the S2 Black Swift uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) back from its landing site during campaign fieldwork in Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica. CRATER (Costa Rica Airborne research on foresT Ecosystem Response to volcanic emissions), is a NASA-led project investigating the use of an uncrewed aircraft for volcanic trace gas sampling, in order to better understand the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on vegetation.

Image Credit: NASA/Milan Loiacono
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