NASA Mission First Flight Termed “Success”
Thursday, July 19th, 2007by Rod Hughes
The first flights in the NASA mission TC-4 Wednesday to measure atmospheric conditions in the tropics was termed “successful.” Based out of San Jose’s Juan Santamaría International Airport, the flights carried both NASA and Costa Rican scientists.
The TC-4 mission uses two high-altitude jets, a high-flying ER-2 and a DC-8 with 40 scientists aboard. […]