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NASA scientists will study the movement of water vapor and greenhouse gases in the tropical tropopause region during this year's CAST ATTREX Mission
Across the United States and around the world, students now can participate in deployed NASA Airborne Science Missions.
In addition to doing cutting-edge atmospheric science, ATTREX team shared the excitement of their scientific mission with students, teachers in Guam.
Science flights from Guam during the Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment tracked upper atmosphere changes to help researchers understand how they affect Earth's climate.
A lengthy science flight over Western Pacific tracked changes in upper atmosphere to help researchers understand how the changes affect Earth's climate.
A NASA Global Hawk recently completed a checkout flight of science instruments to be used in the Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment.
The latest video on the ATTREX mission features footage taken at 70,000 ft from the ER-2 cockpit. This and other videos on the mission can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/sciflychannel.
“What is ATTREX?” the first in a series of videos describing the ATTREX mission and its scientific results, has been released. The video includes interviews with the ATTREX PI and co-I (Eric Jensen and Lenny Pfister, ARC/SGG) and the program managers at HQ supporting the project – Hal Maring and Ken Jucks. The video can be seen on Facebook and YouTube.
Middle schoolers explore how NASA utilizes unmanned aircraft and 21st century technology to investigate the Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
News media, social media followers and educators learn about NASA's airborne Earth and environmental science program, briefed on current and upcoming missions.