NASA's ER-2 Aircraft Unveils Complex Gamma Rays from Thunderstorms
Researchers identified two main forms of gamma rays: terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), which are brief but intense bursts ...
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NASA's hunting for 'strategic minerals' in the desert with a modified U-2 spy plane. Here's why
NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft have their roots in the American ... ozone levels and have even been used to test new satellite sensors. Now, the ER-2 are back above the desert, where the ...
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NASA's ER-2 Aircraft Unveils Complex Gamma Rays from Thunderstorms
Recent observations from NASA's ER-2 aircraft have given us a deeper view into gamma rays ... The ER-2's data also introduced a new category: flickering gamma-ray flashes, which present a middle ...
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High-altitude ER-2 flights get down-to-earth data
Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere, NASA's ER-2 aircraft ... 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft is often a platform for Earth science that facilitates new and crucial ...
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Earth from space: Massive blue 'melt pond' in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
The icy lagoon was spotted by the Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental Lidar (MABEL) instrument onboard NASA's ER-2 airplane ...
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NASA Taps Electra to Design Electric Commercial Airliner of the Future
NASA is backing the development of a new ... Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 program, which ...
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Electra partners with NASA to explore scaling low-emissions technology to 200-seat aircraft
US aircraft developer Electra has secured a contract with NASA to explore future aircraft concepts that ... The company has ...
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Ultra-quiet 937mph Nasa plane would make London to NYC trip in 3.5 hours with ‘sonic thump’ instead of ‘banned’ boom
AN experimental Nasa airplane that "quietly" flies faster than the speed of sound could zoom from London to New York in ... of the aircraft from Lockheed Martin. Phase 2: Acoustic Validation ...
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NASA helps find thawing permafrost adds to near-term global warming
An international team, led by researchers at Stockholm University with NASA co-authors, found that from 2000 to 2020, carbon ...
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NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Could Change Everything
NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for NASA's Quesst ...