Flying by the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada mountains, NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory conducts a checkout flight for the more than 20specialized science instruments installed on the aircraft prior to departure for the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Mission.
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Flying by the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada mountains, NASA’s DC-8 airborne science laboratory conducted a checkout flight for the more than 20 specialized science instruments installed on the aircraft prior to departure for the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Mission (DC3).May 2012
NASA / Lori Losey