NASA Prepares ‘Global Hawk’ for Takeoff (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – NASA is gearing up Global Hawk, a remote-controlled airplane, for its
first scientific flights in coming weeks. With its capacity for
long-distance, high-altitude flights that can last over a day, Global
Hawk presents a new chapter in Earth science for NASA.
“It’s a
very exciting time,” said Chris Naftel, project manager for Global
Hawk. “This is the very first time that Global Hawk will be used for
science.”
Northrop Grumman originally manufactured the two Global
Hawks now being retrofitted by NASA several years ago. …
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