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Hawaiian Islands N’ihau and Lehua are the Backdrop for Pathfinder-Plus Flight

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Sep 28, 2009
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Hawaiian Islands N'ihau and Lehua are the Backdrop for Pathfinder-Plus Flight
Pathfinder-Plus in flight over Hawaiian Islands, with N'ihau and Lehua in the background.

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Pathfinder-Plus in flight over Hawaiian Islands, with N’ihau and Lehua in the background. Kaua’i was chosen as an optimum location for testing the solar-powered aircraft because of predictable weather patterns, high levels of sunlight, available airspace and radio frequencies, and the diversity of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems for validating scientific imaging applications.

17 June 1998NASA Photo / Nick Galante› Pathfinder-Plus Project Description