NASA'S High-altitude ER-2 Flights Use High-tech Sensors for PACE-PAX Project

Military Aerospace Electronics - Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft is often a platform for Earth science that facilitates new and crucial information about our planet, especially when the plane is part of collaborative and multidisciplinary projects, Erica Heim writes for NASA. Continue reading original article.