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NASA image: NASA Armstrong Event Celebrates NASA DC-8 Aircraft
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May 2, 2024

NASA Armstrong Event Celebrates NASA DC-8 Aircraft

Orville, NASA’s high-flying squirrel, uses the microphone at the mission director station onboard the DC-8 aircraft...

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NASA image: NASA Armstrong Event Celebrates NASA DC-8 Aircraft
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May 2, 2024

NASA Armstrong Event Celebrates NASA DC-8 Aircraft

NASA pilot Tracy Phelps and his daughter Rachael Phelps look at a poster onboard the DC-8 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...

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NASA image: Dropsonde Chute on NASA DC-8 Flying Laboratory
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Apr 9, 2019

Dropsonde Chute on NASA DC-8 Flying Laboratory

To verify the lidar data they're collecting on the DC-8 airborne science laboratory, Aeolus mission scientists will...

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NASA image: NASA SARP Students Fly on DC-8
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Jun 23, 2022

NASA SARP Students Fly on DC-8

NASA Student Airborne Research Program participants pose in front of the DC-8 before their flight on Jun 23, 2022....

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NASA image: NASA DC-8 SARP 2020-21
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Dec 8, 2021

NASA DC-8 SARP 2020-21

NASA's DC-8 in flight for the NASA Student Airborne Research Project (SARP) to measure aerosols with the Langley...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight
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May 15, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight

The DC-8 flies for the last time from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California,...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight
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May 15, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight

The DC-8 is shown overhead during its final flight from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Flies for Last Time
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May 15, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Flies for Last Time

The DC-8 flies for the last time from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California,...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight
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May 15, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight

The DC-8 flies for the last time from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California,...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission
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Apr 1, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission

NASA’s DC-8 operations engineer, Nickelle “Nicki” Reid, left, embraces Katherine Ball, chemical engineering Ph.D....

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission
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Apr 1, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission

From left, Andy Barry, DC-8 pilot; Todd Renfro, flight navigator; and Adam Devalon, flight engineer, share smiles...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission
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Apr 1, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission

From left, Wayne Ringelberg, chief pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission
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Apr 1, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Returns from Final Mission

NASA DC-8 crew members Nickelle “Nicki” Reid, operations engineer, left, and Isac Mata, engineer technician,...

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NASA image: NASA Airborne Cold Weather Experiment Measures Falling Snow DC8 B-Roll
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Jan 10, 2012

NASA Airborne Cold Weather Experiment Measures Falling Snow DC8 B-Roll

Additional b-roll of the DC-8, taken from a test flight with instruments on board.

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 aircraft flies low on its final flight from Armstrong Flight Research Center
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Jun 6, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 aircraft flies low on its final flight from Armstrong Flight Research Center

After 37 years of serving the world’s scientific community, the DC-8 continues its educational legacy as it retires...

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NASA image: 2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew
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Sep 14, 2004

2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew

2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew. Left to Right: Edwin W. Lewis, Jr., Martin J. Trout, Richard G. Ewers, Craig R....

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NASA image: DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight
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Feb 20, 1998

DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight

NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science platform shown against a background of a dark blue sky on February 20, 1998. The...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 9, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

Isac Mata, engineering technician at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, attends to the interior of the DC-8...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 24, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

Scientists Ryan Boyd (left) and Vladislav Sevostianov (right) attend to the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 24, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

DC-8 aircraft conducts test flights at Building 703 in Palmdale, CA. The DC-8 aircraft is prepared for its last...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 24, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

Alan Hills fills liquid nitrogen in the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA) instrument onboard the DC-8 aircraft at...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 9, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

Kat Ball, Chemical Engineering Ph.D candidate at Caltech, attends to the Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer...

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NASA image: NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission
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Jan 24, 2024

NASA’s DC-8 Aircraft is Prepared for an International Air Quality Research Mission

DC-8 aircraft conducts test flights at Building 703 in Palmdale, CA. The DC-8 aircraft is prepared for its last...

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NASA image: NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory soars over the Dryden Flight Research Center upon its return to the center on Nov. 8, 2007
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Nov 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory soars over the Dryden Flight Research Center upon its return to the center on Nov. 8, 2007

NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory soars over the Dryden Flight Research Center upon its return to the center...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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