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NASA Student Airborne Research Program Takes Flight

EDWARDS, Calif. — Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA’s Earth Science research. The ...
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Student earns NASA opportunity for summer

UNG junior Rylee Chafin has been selected for the prestigious NASA Student Airborne Research Program. The eight-week internship will be held in Richmond, Virginia, this summer. Article By: Clark ...

NASA just turned a retired Boeing 777 into a powerful airborne science lab: How a passenger jet became a flying laboratory for 100 scientists

NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to Langley Research Centre in Virginia after undergoing major modifications that have ...
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Future Use of NASA Airborne Platforms to Advance Earth Science Priorities

The National Academies will appoint an ad hoc committee to conduct a fast-track study to inform NASA’s future investments in suborbital airborne facilities. NASA’s Airborne Science Program provides a ...
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NASA Airborne Earth Science Missions Focus of Jan. 25 Media Day

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA is inviting media to look behind-the-scenes at several active Earth science missions taking to the air soon to study various aspects of our planet, including climate change, ...
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Modified Boeing 777 Will Become NASA’s Largest Flying Science Lab

NASA is replacing its retired DC-8 science laboratory with a heavily modified Boeing 777-200ER, which will become its largest flying science laboratory. The $30 million 777 offers significantly ...
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NASA 777 modified to support initial airborne science mission

US space agency NASA’s Boeing 777-200ER has returned the fleet after substantial modification to support its role as an airborne laboratory. The aircraft — an ex-Japan Airlines airframe, registered ...
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NASA planes to fly as low as 1,000 feet over Southern California in pollution study

Residents in Southern California may notice low-flying NASA aircraft later this month as part of a mission to study air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the agency announced Friday. From June ...
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NASA’s modified Boeing 777 to become largest airborne research lab

Most Boeing 777s spend their lives shuttling passengers. But one specific triple-seven just touched down at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia with a much loftier career path ahead. After a ...