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SARP Students Gather Before Mission Flight

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Jul 14, 2010
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SARP Students Gather Before Mission Flight
Students and several instructors participating in the 2010 Student Airborne Research Program gathered for a group photo with NASA's DC-8 flying science laboratory on the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility ramp prior to their flights.

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Mission: Student Airborne Research Program (SARP)

Students and several instructors participating in the 2010 Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) gathered for a group photo with NASA’s DC-8 flying science laboratory on the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility ramp before their flights. At NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA, students in the program were given a rare behind-the-scenes look at the instrument integration, flight planning, and payload testing that is the basis of every successful Earth Science airborne campaign carried out by NASA, whether on the DC-8 or other science aircraft. These campaigns play a pivotal role in the calibration and validation of NASA’s space-borne Earth observations, remote sensing measurements, and the high-resolution imagery for Earth system science.June 28, 2010
NSERC / Jane Peterson