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NASA Armstrong Supports Wind Study

By |2024-04-03T12:09:22-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

A NASA flight campaign aims to enable drones to land safely on rooftop hubs called vertiports for future delivery of people and goods. The campaign may also lead to improvements in weather prediction. NASA’s AEROcAST (Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation and Technology) campaign is based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research [...]

NASA Armstrong Supports AEROcAST Wind Study

By |2024-04-03T12:09:21-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Tegan French and Rocky Garcia are at a weather balloon system’s ground station monitoring temperature, humidity, pressure, and winds transmitted from an instrument package on the balloon as it ascends. The balloon is part of the different methods to collect wind and weather data for the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, [...]

NASA Armstrong Supports AEROcAST Wind Study

By |2024-04-03T12:09:16-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rocky Garcia and Wesley James prepare a weather balloon to collect wind data for the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation and Technology campaign. The weather study was at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The focus was to study wind from the ground to 2,000 feet to provide [...]

NASA Armstrong Supports AEROcAST Wind Study

By |2024-04-03T12:09:15-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A weather balloon is launched to collect wind data for the Advanced Exploration of Reliable Operation at Low Altitudes: Meteorology, Simulation and Technology campaign. The weather study was at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The focus was to study wind from the ground to 2,000 feet to provide data to assist future [...]

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