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    NASA-Forscher verabschieden sich vom „fliegenden Labor“ im Ames Research Center


    NASA-Forscher verabschieden sich vom „fliegenden Labor“ im Ames Research Center

    https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nasa-farewell-flying-laboratory-ames.html

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    1. jkua on

      For aviation geeks, this is one of the last seven DC-8s still flying. It was originally an Alitalia passenger jet. It’s being handed off to an aircraft maintenance school in Idaho.

      NASA is replacing it with a 777

    3. reddit455 on

      Watch: NASA DC-8 perform low passes at Moffett Federal Airfield on final flight

      [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3tKWFv0ao](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3tKWFv0ao)

      A specialized DC-8 used by NASA wrapped up 37 years of service with the space agency with a final flyover in San Jose and low passes over the runway at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View next to NASA’s Ames Research Center.

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