NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory team returns to its base of operation in Palmdale, California from the 2018 Operation IceBridge Antarctic Campaign.
NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory team returns to its base of operation in Palmdale, California from the 2018 Operation IceBridge Antarctic Campaign. Since 2009, the NASA DC-8 has collected data to help scientists bridge the gap in polar measurements and observations until the ICESAT-2 satellite was commissioned for operation.
November 11, 2018
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