https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/71bb6254-3b74-4875-8748-82dab2992973 NASA researchers were among more than 100 scientists who conducted extensive and varied field studies as part of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000). The flights and and science activities for SAFARI 2000 were based in Pietersburg, Republic of South Africa. NASA's Airborne Science ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, operated by the Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, made regular research flights from Pietersburg. The aircraft carried instruments that helped validate instruments on NASA's Terra satellite. The ER-2 carried simulators for three of Terra's five instruments: Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere Airborne Simulator (MOPITT-A); the Airborne Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (AirMISR); and the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Airborne Simulator. In addition, the ER-2 carried a solar flux radiometer, Cloud LIDAR; Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder, and the Leonardo Airborne Simulator. Duration: 31 seconds To learn more about SAFARI 2000 visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/NewsReleases/2000/00-71.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/TeFIBOqfEag Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:32:19 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/71bb6254-3b74-4875-8748-82dab2992973 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.