TNN Evening News - GISTA and NASA have a cooperation agreement in the ASIA-AQ project to study air quality problems in Thailand with technology installed on the DC-8 used to understand air pollution. 

Pattaya Mail - DC-8 aircraft, an iconic 55-year-old plane known for its extensive research capabilities, conducted its final flight over Chiang Mai province on Monday (March 18) as part of an air quality study in the North and various parts in Thailand.

According to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), the flight, part of the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of NASA’s Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) project, was conducted with the aim of analyzing air pollution dispersion at various atmospheric levels.
 

The Nation - National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) said that the 55-year-old plane flew at low altitude, also known as a ‘missed approach’ manoeuvre, over the province on Monday at 10.30am as part of the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of NASA’s Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) project.

Bangkok Post - NASA officials have arrived to survey Asia's air quality....

Both airplanes will be used to observe the air quality throughout Thailand from today until March 25 before leaving the country on March 27, according to Thailand's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).

Ch7 News - Evening News - NASA sends staff to explore air quality in Thailand to solve air pollution problems while the Prime Minister prepares to fly to Chiang Mai to discuss the PM2.5 dust problem tomorrow.

2 aircraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA arriving at U-Tapao Airport Chonburi Province to perform the mission to study the air quality in Thailand by using scientific tools to solve more severe national air pollution problems.

The Reporters - Watch the sky lab! 2 planes from NASA that are preparing to fly around Thailand for more than 10 days in the international cooperation project to collect study data and place solutions to pollution problems in Thailand's air.

The Standard - THE STANDARD takes a tour of the DC-8 aircraft of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA, known as 'Sky Science Laboratory', traveling to join the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality or ASIA-AQ project with agencies in Thailand.

Thai PBS World - Starting this week in the Philippines, the US agency’s DC-8 is flying for up to eight hours at a time — sometimes just 15 metres (50 feet) from the ground — to swoop up air particles for study...

The project, named ASIA-AQ, is a collaboration between the US agency and governments in a region with some of the highest air pollution-linked death rates in the world.

Airport Spotting - NASA’s Douglas DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory platform, N817NA, is touring Asia on its final missions before disposition this spring...

The ASIA-AQ brings together international experts from NASA in the United States, South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).

Over the next two months, N817NA is set to take part in more studies across Asia.