NASA Lauds ASIA-AQ Mission DC-8’s Ability To Assess Air Quality

NASA DC-8

An array of instruments on the DC-8 help it determine specifics about air quality characteristics.

Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST
Nearly 55 years since its first flight, NASA’s McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 is on the last legs of its flying service in a two-month tour to Asia to measure air quality in four key countries and territories. Under the banner of the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ)...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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