Monday, 11 July
Shake down flight successful
TOGA inlet was humming during turns but it wasn’t deemed a show stopper
Tuesday, 12 July
Science Test Flight #1 (ETD 11:30)
06:40 HR-AMS instrument servicing (no one else on a/c during this)
07:00 a/c outside
07:00-11:00 a/c access
11:00 doors closed
Preflight briefing @ 10:00 (1st time flyers, as well as a representative from each instrument, must attend)
Landing estimated at 16:00
Post flight meeting in science lab 20-30 minutes after landing
CAPS installed
TOGA instrument work
QCLS instrument work
PANTHER/UCATS installation work
ATHOS instrument work
MMS completed leak check
Sunday, 10 July
No aircraft access
Lab open
Upcoming:
Monday, 11 July
Shake down flight (ETD 10:00)
06:-06:15 PALMS gas servicing (no one else on a/c)
06:15-06:30 PANTHER/UCATS install
~ 07:00 a/c taken outside
a/c access when outside
Preflight briefing - 08:30
a/c doors closed - 09:30
NASA's Airborne Mission to Explore the Global Atmosphere
The Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom, mission is the first to survey the atmosphere over the oceans. Scientists aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory will journey from the North Pole south over the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand and then across to the tip of South America and north up the Atlantic Ocean to Greenland.