NASA trains the critical skills and the capabilities needed for the airborne students

NASA's Student Airborne Research program starts from 6th July to 14th August in California. The program starts with lectures from university faculty members, research institutions and NASA scientists at the University of California, Irvine.

One of the lectures is Sherwood Rowland of the University of California, Irvine, a Nobel Laureate in chemistry, who is a long-time consumer of NASA's DC-8 airborne capabilities for his research on atmospheric chemistry.

Using the DC-8 flying laboratory based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California, the students will get a rare behind-the-scenes look at instrument integration, and flight planning and payload testing that is the basis of every successful Earth Science airborne operation carried out by NASA. These airborne research operations play a pivotal role in the calibration and validation of NASA's space-borne Earth observations, remote sensing measurements and the high-resolution imagery for Earth system science.

This student program is one of NASA's tools for training future scientists for Earth Science missions that may assist with studies and the development and testing of new instruments and future satellite mission concepts. This program's goal is to stimulate interest in NASA's Earth Science research and aid in recruitment of the next generation of engineers and scientists. NASA is developing the critical skills and the capabilities needed for the agency's engineering, scientific and technical missions.

The Student Airborne Research Program is activated through the National Suborbital Education and Research Center at the University of North Dakota, with funding and support from NASA's Airborne Science Program. The center was builds through a cooperative agreement between the University of North Dakota and NASA.

For further more information please visit NASA Education.