After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1. The DC-8 and crew were welcomed back with a celebratory water salute by the U.S Air Force Plant 42 Fire Department after completing […]
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Aeronautics, Airborne Science, Armstrong Flight Research Center, DC-8, Earth Science, Langley Research Center, Science in the Air
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April 10, 2024
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