SACRAMENTO - Those in the Central Valley may have been greeted with an unusual sight last week as a large plane circled the region, flying much lower than usual but for a good reason. Scientists from ...

The largest flying research laboratory in the world is headed for retirement after 37 years of operation. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory on Wednesday will make its final flight to Idaho State ...

Pour one out for NASA’s large flying laboratory, an old and hardworking DC-8 aircraft that the space and aeronautics agency just retired. The plane came into the world in 1969, the same year that NASA ...

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - The dedication of a flying laboratory here Monday celebrated the launch of a $25 million partnership between the University of North Dakota and NASA. University and ...

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