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A person facing left sits inside a vehicle. They are wearing a yellow jumpsuit and gloves and a white helmet with a visor that looks like a smaller version of the kind astronauts wear during spacewalks. Outside of the window behind the person, you can see the ER-2 aircraft being prepared for flight.

Suited Up for Science: NASA ER-2 Pilot Prepares for GEMx Flight

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, moments before boarding NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft for a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx). Through the vehicle window, the aircraft can be seen being readied for flight.

Image Credit: NASA/Christopher LC Clark

TakenAugust 21, 2025

Image CreditNASA/Christopher LC Clark

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