It takes two planes to discover more about snowstorms.
NASA is known for getting creative with its airplanes even producing models with no windows. But perhaps, its most impressive planes are the ones that can fly into snowstorms.
Scientists repeatedly check the weather forecasts as they prepare aircraft for flight and perform last-minute checks on science instruments. There’s a large winter storm rolling in, but that’s exactly what these storm-chasing scientists are hoping for.
La Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio (NASA) utilizó un avión espía para inspeccionar y mejorar los pronósticos de nieve. Se trató del N809NA que despegó la mañana del miércoles 19 de enero del aeródromo Pope Army en Fayetteville, Carolina del Norte.
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