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NASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission
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NASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission

NASA / AFRC · 2025-08-21 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx), which requires flights of up to eight hours at approximately 65,000 feet altitude.

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AFRCER-2Airborne Science programUnited States Geological SurveyUSGSEarth Sciencescience missionGEMxhigh-altitude researchremote sensing
Credit lineNASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission. NASA/AFRC, 2025-08-21. Public domain. ID: AFRC2025-0071-386.
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