Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) Demolition

Richard Kolyer unfolds the drone and prepares it for flight around the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory, (KAO) (NASA-714).

Richard Kolyer unfolds the drone and prepares it for flight around the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory, (KAO) (NASA-714).

Photographer Don Richey

Location NASA Ames Research Center

Date October 16, 2024

C-141 Infrared Astronomy KAO N714A NASA-714 Starlifter