https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2636becf-4203-4bc7-a902-78218c0dbf8a This 41-second video taken February 1, 2004 shows crew members aboard NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory collecting data with an Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR) instrument while flying over California. NASA operates a highly modified Douglas DC-8 jetliner as a flying science laboratory. The aircraft, based at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Hangar 703 facility in Palmdale, California, is used to collect data for experiments in support of projects serving the world's scientific community. Federal, state, academic, and foreign investigators are among those who use NASA’s DC-8. Data gathered with the aircraft at flight altitude and by remote sensing have been used for studies in archaeology, ecology, geography, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, volcanology, atmospheric chemistry, cryospheric science, soil science, and biology. Four types of missions are flown with the DC-8: sensor development, satellite sensor verification, space vehicle launch or re-entry telemetry data retrieval and optical tracking, and basic research studies of Earth's surface and atmosphere. To learn more about NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-050-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/4yTo5aKyTGE Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:46:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2636becf-4203-4bc7-a902-78218c0dbf8a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.