https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/9ade0bc1-57ad-44d8-b9f3-79acecfb95be This 43-second video taken in January of 2000 shows NASA's DC-8 taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in 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/8xZMOoT2WI0 Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:36:47 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/9ade0bc1-57ad-44d8-b9f3-79acecfb95be 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.