https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/5f18bc9f-a0a5-4455-bff6-d929272e69a1 This 31-second video taken March 1, 2004 shows NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory taking off from San Jose, Costa Rica for an AirSAR 2004 mission. NASA operates a highly modified Douglas DC-8 jetliner as a flying science laboratory. The aircraft, based at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center 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/cBJahobip5g Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:39:55 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/5f18bc9f-a0a5-4455-bff6-d929272e69a1 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.