NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory arrives in New Zealand

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s McDonnell Douglas DC-8 flying laboratory has arrived in New Zealand as part of its Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) airborne science mission. The aircraft, a modified DC-8-72 equipped with scientific instruments, landed in Christchurch on Tuesday afternoon from Pago Pago. It was expected to depart for Punta Arenas on August 13. ATom aims to study pollution in the lower atmosphere and its effects in the creation of greenhouse gases, NASA said on July 22 I… (australianaviation.com.au) 更多...