Global Hawk Autonomous AircraftNASA’s Global Hawk aircraft was deployed to Florida from Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA. on Oct. 6 to...NASA's Global Hawk 872 lifted off the runway at Edwards Air Force Base during a checkout flight of instruments for...NASA's Global Hawk 872 soared over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, during an instrument checkout flight...One of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft shows off its new blue-and-white livery shortly after being repainted in the...In its new white-and-blue NASA livery, an early development model of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft rests on the ramp...The above-the-fuselage engine and V-tail distinguish one of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft parked on the ramp at the...NASA's two Global Hawks, one sporting a NASA paint scheme, the other in its prior Air Force livery, are shown...A ground crewman maneuvers one of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned science aircraft into Hangar 4801 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research...One of NASA's two Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned science aircraft displays its contours outside its hangar at NASA's Dryden Flight...One of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned science aircraft displays its bulbous nose while parked on the ramp at NASA's Dryden...One of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude aircraft shows off its blue-and-white livery in front of its hangar at...The bulbous nose of one of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft sports a blue-and-white paint scheme after repainting in the...The bulbous nose of one of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned high-altitude aircraft houses communications and sensor payloads on Earth...This Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is one of two that are used by NASA for Earth science missions and by...Gary Wick, lead NOAA scientist for the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) mission answers a question from a...Frank Cutler, NASA Armstrong's Global Hawk project manager, talks to media about the Global Hawk's support of NOAA's Sensing Hazards...National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pilot Will Odell explains a function of the Global Hawk control room to media...NASA's Global Hawk 872 took to the air from the main runway at Edwards Air Force Base Dec. 20, 2013,...NASA Global Hawk 872 carried the Hawkeye sensors on wing-mounted pylons during a checkout flight of instruments for the 2014...Yellow and black pods housing the Hawkeye cloud particle probe instruments used during the 2014 ATTREX mission over the western...Two small yellow and black pods beneath the wings of NASA's Global Hawk No. 872 housed the Hawkeye cloud particle...NASA and Northrop Grumman personnel who support operation and maintenance of NASA's two Global Hawk Earth science aircraft gathered for...John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and a former space shuttle astronaut (center), was briefed by NASA...Max Spolaor, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles, adjusted the Mini-Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer, one...Maria Navarro, a post-doctoral researcher from the University of Miami, checked connections on the Advanced Whole Air Sampler instrument prior...ED12-0392-66 The payload bays of NASA's high-altitude Global Hawk environmental science aircraft are jammed with 11 specialized science instruments during...NASA Global Hawk No. 872 flared for landing at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, after flying Hurricane and Severe Storm...Nick Ciganovick of the University of Wisconsin (left), Northrop Grumman mechanic Tom Ripley (center), and NASA mechanic Mike Bereda discussed...NASA Goddard Flight Research Center support scientists Andrew Kupchock (top left) and Patrick Selmer (bottom left) assisted Northrop Grumman mechanics...NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center developed the Cloud Physics Lidar shown being readied for mounting in a NASA Global Hawk.NASA Goddard support scientist Patrick Selmer sorts cables during the installation of Goddard's Cloud Physics Lidar into a NASA Global...NASA Goddard support scientist Andrew Kupchock (left) watches Northrop Grumman mechanic Tom Ripley install NASA Goddard's Cloud Physics Lidar into...Northrop Grumman mechanic Steve Crowell (left) mounts the dropsonde dispensing tube in the underside of a NASA Global Hawk while...The Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder was mounted on the bottom of NASA Global Hawk 872 in preparation for the HS3...Ground crews prepared NASA Global Hawk No. 871 for an early morning checkout flight from Edwards Air Force Base, CA.NASA Global Hawk No. 871 took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California during a checkout flight to prepare...With a long refueling probe protruding from its nose, NASA Global Hawk No. 871 landed at Edwards Air Force Base...Soaring above California's Mojave Desert, NASA Global Hawk No. 871 sported a refueling probe in a checkout flight prior to...NASA Global Hawk No. 871 banked to the right during a checkout flight in preparation for an unmanned aerial refueling...NASA Global Hawk No. 871 sported a long refueling probe prior to a checkout flight in restricted airspace near Edwards...