NASA Conducts Its First Global Hawk Flight

PEACEFUL PURPOSE: One of two NASA-owned Global Hawk unmanned aircraft had its first flight under agency operation Oct. 23. The former military aircraft, to be used for Earth system science research, flew four hours during a functional check flight in restricted airspace over Edwards Air Force Base...

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