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The Altus II remotely piloted aircraft carried a variety of specialized instruments and cameras during a lightning...
The remotely piloted Altus II aircraft probed lightning development with a variety of specialized instruments and...
Looking ever so much like an alien spacecraft, the Altus II remotely piloted aircraft shows off some of the...
A NASA team studying the causes of electrical storms and their effects on our home planet achieved a milestone on...
A NASA team studying the causes of electrical storms and their effects on our home planet achieved a milestone on...
A NASA team studying the causes of electrical storms and their effects on our home planet achieved a milestone on...
A NASA team studying the causes of electrical storms and their effects on our home planet achieved a milestone on...
Somewhere on Earth, there's always a lightning flash. The globe experiences lightning some 50 times a second, yet...
Somewhere on Earth, there's always a lightning flash. The globe experiences lightning some 50 times a second, yet...
A NASA team studying the causes of electrical storms and their effects on our home planet achieved a milestone on...
Lightning field study devices are visible on a Cessna Citation aircraft during flight over Central Florida. The...
Lightning field study devices are visible on a Cessna Citation aircraft during flight over Central Florida. The...
Attached to the wing of a Cessna Citation aircraft are cloud physics probes that measure the size, shape and number...
Attached to the wing of a Cessna Citation aircraft are cloud physics probes that measure the size, shape and number...
Attached to the wing of a Cessna Citation aircraft are cloud physics probes that measure the size, shape and number...
Attached to the wing of a Cessna Citation aircraft are cloud physics probes that measure the size, shape and number...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, a specially equipped Cessna Citation aircraft flies...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, a specially equipped Cessna Citation aircraft flies...
In a hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a weather researcher checks a field mill measuring device on the...
In a hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a weather researcher checks a field mill measuring device on the...
The small satellite, with a big mission, is appropriately named "Firefly." Sponsored by the National Science...
The ALOFT mission, Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s eye simulator and Terrestrial gamma ray flashes, is a...
The ALOFT mission, Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s eye simulator and Terrestrial gamma ray flashes, is a...
The ALOFT mission, Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s eye simulator and Terrestrial gamma ray flashes, is a...