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Ikhana’s Underwing Payload Pod Houses Thermal Imaging Scanner
Ikhana’s Underwing Payload Pod Houses Thermal Imaging Scanner

NASA Dryden's Ikhana ground crewmen Gus Carreno and James Smith loaded the thermal-infrared imaging scanner pallet into the Ikhana's underwing…

Autonomous Modular Scanner Prepped for Installation
Autonomous Modular Scanner Prepped for Installation

NASA Ames engineers Sally Buechel and Ted Hildum prepared to load the Autonomous Modular Scanner into the Ikhana unmanned aircraft's…

Rainbow on the Rings
Rainbow on the Rings

The opposition effect, a brightness surge that is visible on Saturn's rings when the sun is directly behind the spacecraft,…

The Other Side of Iapetus
The Other Side of Iapetus

Cassini captures the first high-resolution glimpse of the bright trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Iapetus in September 2007.

AMS Wildfire Imaging Components
AMS Wildfire Imaging Components

Ikhana's AMS wildfire imaging components include (from left) the data system, scan head and enclosures for the data disks, GPS…

Aurora Reflects in a Lake in Alaska
Aurora Reflects in a Lake in Alaska

This digitally fused breathtaking panorama was captured Sept. 10, 2007 across one of the Chena Lakes in North Pole, Alaska,…

Checkout Flight Before a Wildfire Imaging Mission
Checkout Flight Before a Wildfire Imaging Mission

Carrying its infrared imaging sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's remotely piloted Predator B unmanned aircraft, the Ikhana, banked…

Autonomous Modular Scanner Shown Under Ikhana’s Left Wing
Autonomous Modular Scanner Shown Under Ikhana’s Left Wing

NASA's Ikhana remotely piloted aircraft soars over smoky terrain during a wildfire imaging demonstration mission in the late summer of…

Ikhana Flies the Western States Fire Mission
Ikhana Flies the Western States Fire Mission

With its sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's remotely piloted Ikhana unmanned aircraft cruises over California during the Western…

Wrap Up of the Western States Fire Mission
Wrap Up of the Western States Fire Mission

With its thermal-infrared sensor pod under its left wing, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft cruised over California during the Western States…