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Global Hawk 872 Return Marks 100th NASA Flight

High-altitude science aircraft hits milestone on its return to NASA Armstrong Sept. 30 after 10 science flights in NASA's 2014 HS3 mission.

HS3 09/28/14 Mission Daily Schedule

Overview: AV-6 took off at 0719 EDT for science flight #10. The flight is scheduled for a 25-hour duration to the main development region.

 

HS3 09/25/14 Mission Daily Schedule

Overview:  AV-6 Science Flight #10 is planned for Saturday with a 25 hour duration. It will follow the same track as flight #9 and will drop 62 sondes.

 

HS3 09/27/14 Mission Daily Schedule

Overview: Todays flight was cancelled due to an issue with the aircrafts GPS Keys. Further testing will continue this evening, an email will be sent out alerting everyone the status of the aircraft.

 

HS3 09/24/14 Mission Daily Schedule

Overview:  AV-6 Science Flight #10 is planned for 0730 on Saturday with a 25 hour duration. It will follow the same track as flight #9 and will drop 62 sondes.

 

GH Crew - seeing double

HS3 09/23/14 Mission Daily Schedule

Overview:  AV-6 Science Flight #9 returned to Wallops this morning after a 24.5 hour flight.

 

HS3 Mission Time-lapse Video Highlights Storms

NASA released a time-lapse video that highlights three different cameras aboard NASA's remotely piloted Global Hawk aircraft No. 872 as it investigated two tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean in early September 2014.

NASA HS3 Instrument Views 2 Dimensions of Clouds

NASA’s Cloud Physics Lidar instrument is studying the changing profile of the atmosphere to learn more about how hurricanes form and strengthen.

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