NASA Airborne Science Program's Core Research Aircraft

The NASA Airborne Science Program aircraft catalog provides unique NASA aircraft and commercial aircraft that benefit the earth science community. These manned and unmanned aircraft carry the sensors that provide data to support and augment NASA spaceborne missions.

This video shows the core aircraft used for global earth science research conducted by the airborne science program. To see all the aircraft visit http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft

Video and photo credits: NSERC, Dryden Flight Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center Ellington Field, Langley Research Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Ames Research Center, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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