NASA ER-2 Prepares for Geological Earth Mapping Experiment Flights
Crew chief Darin Whittington and mechanic Edwin Flores watch as mechanic Francisco Rodriguez works on a mounting bolt to secure the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) instrument into a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The installation helped enabled the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx) airborne science mission, which began on March 31, 2026.
- Date
- 2026-03-10
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Jim Ross
- Collection
- AFRC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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