Test GalleryView from a window of the DC-8 as it makes a “missed approach” on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.View from a window of the DC-8 as it flies above a residential area in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, June...A pilot uses the DC8 intercom before a research flight at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...Stickers on the wall of the DC-8 reveal how many countries the aircraft has visited during international campaigns, Wednesday, June...Sign warns of laser light on one of the instruments on board the DC8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...A pilot prepares for take off on board the DC-8, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, Wednesday,...The Gulfstream III and the Gulfstream V prepare to depart the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.The Gulfstream III and the Gulfstream V prepare to depart the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.A technician checks the landing gear of a Gulfstream plane before departure June 27, 2023.Students and faculty seek shelter from the sun under the wing of the DC-8, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.Anne Marie Carlton undergoes Egress training before her flight on the DC-8, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.A chart showing the DC-8’s flight path for an airborne research flight over the Los Angeles Basin and Salton Sea...Barry Lefer at work monitoring the progress of a research flight on June 26, 2023, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research...SARP faculty group photo in the aircraft hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Barry Lefer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. Lefer is the program manager of the Tropospheric Composition...Donald R. Blake, professor of Chemistry at University of California, Irvine, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Program Scientist Melissa Yang, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ryan Bennett, checks the scheduled flight path of the DC-8 before its first research flight on Monday, June 26, 2023,...Ryan Bennett and Ann Marie Carlton in Building 703, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, June 26,...Ryan Bennett, SARP’s most recent program manager, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ryan Bennett, SARP’s most recent program manager, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Graduate student mentor Shaina Wilburn helps SARP student Patrica Hutton in the conference room of building 703, at NASA’s Armstrong...Shaina Wilburn, a SARP graduate student mentor from Mississippi State University, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California,...Annette Yang, an applied chemistry student from UC Davis in California, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Victor Geiser, a meteorology student from St. Louis University in Missouri, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.Ivan Tochimani-Hernandez at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. He is an Earth sciences major at Dartmouth College.Christy Harper, a rising senior at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California....SARP students and faculty take a group photo in front of the DC-8 before a research flight on June 27,...SARP students and faculty take a group photo in front of the DC-8 before a research flight on June 27,...Engine of the DC-8 jetliner, also known as the Airborne Science LaboratoryVictor Geiser, a meteorology student from St. Louis University in Missouri boards the DC-8 along with other students for a...Ryan Bennett leads students onto the DC-8 for the first airborne science flight on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Palmdale,...Students are escorted through the hangar at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California.
