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BioSCape 10/23/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day
 
Monday, 23 October (All times local)
 
NASA JSC G-V -- Science Flight #3
NASA LaRC G-III -- Science Flight #2
 
0530 -- Shuttle SSUN to FBO
0630 -- Shuttle SSUN to FBO
 
0700 -- Go/No-go Meeting at SSUN
 
0830 -- G-III Take Off  
G3-13 (FL 165); Extra pick up coastal lines (FL as determined by aircrew); Calibration G3-19 (FL 195 as determined by aircrew)

BioSCape 10/22/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Sunday, 22 October (All times local)
 
NASA JSC G-V -- Science Flight #2
NASA LaRC G-III -- Science Flight #1
 
0600 -- Shuttle SSUN to FBO (G-V Mx, Instrument Teams, Return night fire watch)
0700 -- Forecasting & Go/No-go Meeting, New conference room
0720 -- Shuttle SSUN to FBO (G-V flight crew, G-III Mx & Others) 
0800 -- Shuttle SSUN to FBO (G-III flight crew, Others)
 
0900 -- G-V Take Off
Box 2 

BioSCape 10/21/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day
 
Saturday, 21 October (All times local)
 
NASA JSC G-V -- Down Day
Instrument access to the plane
NASA LaRC G-III -- Down Day 
Instrument access to the plane
 
0600 -- Shuttle, SSUN to FBO (Fire Watch) 
0900 -- Shuttle, SSUN to FBO (Science and Crew) 
TBD -- Shuttle, FBO to SSUN (Science and Crew) 
1800 -- Shuttle, SSUN to FBO (Fire Watch)

BioSCape 10/20/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day

Friday, 20 October (All times local)

NASA JSC G-V - Flight Day - SF 1

BioSCape 10/19/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day

Friday, 20 October (All times local)

NASA JSC G-V - Flight Day - SF 1

BioSCape 10/19/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day

Thursday, 19 October (All times are SAST) No Fly Day:
0530 Van will leave Southern Sun Newlands for FBO (contact ESPO to arrange for additional vans)

G-V Arrives in Cape Town

New Biodiversity Research Project Launches in South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa – A new biodiversity research project called BioSCape will be launched in the Western Cape, South Africa, on Tuesday, 17 October. The project will link data collected from satellites and airplanes with field observations to better understand the biodiversity of the Greater Cape Floristic Region and nature’s contributions to people.

NASA is Coming to the Western Cape

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to conduct a first-of-its-kind biodiversity field campaign in the Western Cape by sending two modified jets to Cape Town.

BioSCape 10/18/23 Mission Daily Schedule

BioSCape Plan of the Day

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