This story is from one of 63 virtual student engagement events held for NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne Experiment (PACE-PAX). The mission used aircraft (the NASA ER-2 and CIRPAS Twin Otter) and waterborne research vessels (R/V Blissfully,R/V Shearwater, and R/V Fish) to calibrate and validate the data from the PACE satellite, which was launched in February 2024.
PACE-PAX
EarthObservatory - This story is from one of 63 virtual student engagement events held for NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne Experiment (PACE-PAX). The mission used aircraft (the NASA ER-2 and CIRPAS Twin Otter) and waterborne research vessels (R/V Blissfully,R/V Shearwater, and R/V Fish) to calibrate and validate the data from the PACE satellite, which was launched in February 2024.
NASA Science - On September 18, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from the GOES-19 satellite, its newest geostationary satellite launched on June 25, 2024 onboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
NASA Science - The primary objective of the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem–Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment (PACE–PAX)
AEROTECHNEWS - Operating at altitudes above 99 percent 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.
SciTechDaily - In a groundbreaking development, 2024 recorded the hottest June through August on record, continuing a staggering streak of record-breaking global temperatures that began in June 2023.
This unexpected surge in temperature, described by climate scientists as both humbling and confounding, has prompted an intense investigation into the contributing factors.
University of RI - GSO At NASA’s PACE Hackweek, Sarah Lang, a Ph.D. candidate at GSO, worked on a multi-institutional team to explore how mesoscale eddies—swirling ocean currents spanning 10-100 km—affect phytoplankton ecosystems, which are vital to the overall health of oceanic ecosystems and future climate
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.
Tuesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 3, 2024 (all times PDT)
ER-2
0630: Access Begins
1430: Access Ends
ASP Lab Access
Coordinate with Jeff Nelms and/or ESPO
Friday, October 4, 2024
RDO at AFRC - Please plan accordingly
ER-2 Science Flight #13
0645: Instrument Hands On
0715: Preflight Science Weather Briefing (ER-2) (Teams Meeting)
0745: Mission Briefing ER-2 Go/No-Go (Teams Meeting)
*NOTE: A representative from each instrument must be present*
0745: Instrument Hands Off / ER-2 Tow out
1040: Takeoff
1715: Landing
~1800: Flight Debrief (Teams Meeting) ~45 minutes after landing
*NOTE: A representative from each instrument must be present*
1845: Access Ends
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