Airborne Science

Airborne Science
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
Oceans
The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from NASA’s SARP (Student Airborne Research Program), which concluded its summer session July 27. The balloon’s job […]
Posted July 30, 2026
Airborne Science
ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists started preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness.
Posted July 9, 2026
Langley Research Center
Airborne Science
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
General
Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory.
Posted April 22, 2026
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Airborne Science
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Flight Demos Capabilities
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
STEM Engagement at NASA
Ultra-Efficient Aviation
In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research.
Posted December 22, 2025
MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols)
Airborne Science
Earth
Earth Science
The pungent gas contributes to fine airborne particulate pollution, which endangers human health when inhaled and absorbed in the bloodstream.  A recent study led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the nonprofit Aerospace Corporation shows how high-resolution maps of ground-level ammonia plumes can be gener
Posted November 20, 2025
Air Quality
Airborne Science
Earth
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility
Magic is in the air. No wait… MAGEQ is in the air, featuring scientists from NASA centers across the country who teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and several other university and government partners and collaborators.
Posted September 24, 2025
Airborne Science
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Wallops Flight Facility
From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights near Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some Virginia cities, including Richmond, as well as over the Los Angeles Basin, Salton Sea, and Central Valley in California.
Posted June 20, 2025
General
Aerosols
Airborne Science
Clouds
Earth
Langley Research Center
Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal?
Posted April 28, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Airborne Science
C-20A
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Science Mission Directorate
As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources – water – NASA’s C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource.
Posted April 25, 2025
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