Overview: AV-6 landed this morning from Science Flight #3 (target TS Dolly in Gulf of Mexico; 50 sondes dropped). Next planned flight is Fri morning Sep 5. Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight is TBD.
Overview: AV-6 took off at 0755 this morning for Science Flight #3 (target TS Dolly in Gulf of Mexico; 50 sondes loaded). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight Sat Sep 6.
Overview: Science Flight #3 with AV-6 tomorrow morning (target I99L/P26L in Gulf of Mexico; 50 sondes loaded). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight Sat Sep 6.
Overview: Next potential AV-6 flight is Tue morning (target I99L/P26L in Gulf of Mexico). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight Fri Sep 5.
Overview: Next potential AV-6 flight is Tue morning (target I99L/P26L in Gulf of Mexico). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight Fri Sep 5.
Overview: Next potential AV-6 flight is Tue morning (target P26L in Gulf of Mexico). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight Fri Sep 5.
Overview: AV-6 is currently flying Science Flight #2 over Hurricane Cristobal. Expected landing about 1830 this evening. Next potential AV-6 flight is Tues morning. Troubleshooting continues on AV-1. Earliest possible transit flight remains afternoon of Tue Sep 2.
Overview: AV-6 arrived WFF this morning following transit/Hurricane Cristobal collection (83 sondes dropped). Plan is to fly AV-6 again Thur evening targeting Hurricane Cristobal (70 sondes planned). Troubleshooting continues on AV-1.
Hurricane Mission Begins with Global Hawk Flight to Cristobal
The first of two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft landed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, on Aug. 27 after surveying Hurricane Cristobal for the first science flight of NASA's latest hurricane airborne mission.
