NASA's Ikhana Flies a Thermal-Infrared Imaging Device During the Western States Fire Mission

NASA's Ikhana Flies a Thermal-Infrared Imaging Device During the Western States Fire Mission https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/95770a28-479c-43a8-94e4-74578aec60cb This 45-second video taken on August 16, 2007 shows NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center's Ikhana unmanned aircraft flying the thermal-infrared imaging device that was used during the Western States Fire Mission. The Ikhana aircraft is an MQ-9 Predator B, built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Ikhana is a Native American Choctaw word meaning intelligent, conscious, or aware. The name is descriptive of the research goals NASA has established for the aircraft and its related systems. To learn more about Ikhana visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-097-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/SCUW4LBxqVE Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:02:34 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us NASA's Ikhana Flies a Thermal-Infrared Imaging Device During the Western States Fire Mission https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/95770a28-479c-43a8-94e4-74578aec60cb 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.