
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descended under its steerable parafoil over the California desert in its first free flight at…

Reflectors used to calibrate the DC-8's AirSAR seen here setup in the Costa Rican rain forest by scientist Paul Siqueira…

NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science research aircraft in flight with new colors and markings

James Ross Island captured from NASA's DC-8 aircraft during an AirSAR 2004 mission over the Antarctic Peninsula.

Left side of the aircraft as NASA's DC-8 does an AirSAR 2004 research "line" over Honduras.

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory returned to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently after an absence of more than two…

The Cuernos del Paine mountains in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, during NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign.

NASA Dryden DC-8 maintenance crew members inspect the aircraft prior to take-off.

AirSAR collects multi-frequency and multi-polarization radar data for a variety of science applications.

Bruce Anderson of NASA Langley Research Center and David Liscinsky of United Technologies Research Center tied down sampling lines between…