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Lying more than 110 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Antlia (The Air Pump) is the spiral...
Average cruising speed for the R/V Atlantis is eleven (11) knots. Typical crew size for a research voyage is 22, not...
Sunrise in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, presents an idyllic setting for a world class science expedition to begin. ---...
A maze of cables and electronic circuits fills the walls, ceilings and rack spaces inside the aircraft. --- The...
Daily weather analysis at the airfield in St. John’s Canada were essential for planning the day’s flight operations....
NASA added this particular C130 to its fleet in 2013. It acquired the airship from the U.S. Air Force. --- The North...
NASA’s C130 Hercules sits facing the runway in St. John’s Canada. That’s the staging area for the airborne part of...
The immense glass windshield on the C130 affords a panoramic view of the world. This plane typically flies with a...
NAAMES Principal Investigator Mike Behrenfeld speaks to a visiting group of social media reporters and bloggers who...
Scientists and engineers regularly tweaked and tested specialized equipment attached to the C130. Here two of the...
Luke Ziemba rides in the doorway as the C130 makes its way into a hangar in St. Johns Canada. He’s the logistics and...
Onboard the R/V Atlantis a tangle of power and data cables awaits a busy team of scientists who will organize them....
The R/V Atlantis is one of three research vessels built to roughly the same specifications. One of its unique claims...
Hundreds of miles off shore, the R/V Atlantis looks up while the crew of the C130 looks down. With teams on both...
NASA’s C130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop. This particular plane was built in 1966, but has been extensively...
Inside the expansive cargo plane visitor’s immediately discover that that every available surface has been utilized...
The bridge of the R/V Atlantis houses a sophisticated collection of computer controlled navigation systems,...
Patrick has been a crew member for long durations voyages on the Atlantis for more than ten years. --- The North...
Deputy Project Scientist Rich Moore considers weather and technical details for the next day’s flight. --- The North...
These funnels will filter biological material from seawater, capturing samples for further analysis elsewhere in the...
A researcher prepares lab facilities onboard the R/V Atlantis. --- The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems...
The High-Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) is a powerful laser used to characterize clouds and small particles in the...
Even with a major scientific expedition about to set sail one block away, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, hangs on to its...
A NAAMES researcher evaluates data coming in somewhere above the North Atlantic. --- The North Atlantic Aerosols and...