NASA’s DC-8 in Asia Ahead of Disposition

Airport Spotting - NASA’s Douglas DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory platform, N817NA, is touring Asia on its final missions before disposition this spring...

The ASIA-AQ brings together international experts from NASA in the United States, South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA).

Over the next two months, N817NA is set to take part in more studies across Asia.

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