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Pathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record
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Pathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record

NASA / AFRC · 1995-09-11 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Pathfinder solar-powered remotely piloted aircraft climbs to a record-setting altitude of 50,567 feet during a flight Sept. 11, 1995, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The flight was part of the NASA ERAST (Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology) program. The Pathfinder was designed and built by AeroVironment Inc., Monrovia, California.

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Pathfindersolar-poweredERASTAeroVironmenthigh-altitudeworld recordGossamer CondorAlbatrossSolar ChallengerHALSOLHigh Altitude SolarHawaii
Credit linePathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record. NASA/AFRC, 1995-09-11. Public domain. ID: EC95-43261-1.
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