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A man in an orange jacket and black pants stands in a field of tan and green grass, looking at a small gray fixed-wing aircraft with a yellow nose cone, sitting on a silver launcher. In this composite image, the aircraft is pictured again and again across the sky, moving away from the camera. In the background is a blueish mountain and cloudy skies.

Jay Tomlin Launches the S2

In this composite image, CRATER science principal investigator Jay Tomlin launches the S2 Black Swift uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) into the sky at Rincon de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, during the 2025 campaign. 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 elevated carbon dioxide emissions on vegetation.

Image Credit: NASA/Milan Loiacono
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TakenMay 14, 2025
Image CreditNASA/Milan Loiacono
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