Scientists Take off on Historic Mission to Measure Greenhouse Ga...

Courtesy NSF News  Wed, 01/07/2009 - 15:45

Photo of HIAPER in flight.

HIAPER, one of the nation's most advanced research aircraft, is scheduled to embark on an historic mission spanning the globe from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

Starting Jan. 7, 2008, the HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO) mission will cover more than 24,000 miles as an international team of scientists makes a series of five flights over the next three years sampling the atmosphere in some of the most inaccessible regions of the world.

  

The goal of the...


 

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