NASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx), which requires flights of up to eight hours at approximately 65,000 feet altitude.

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft taxis at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, ahead of a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx), which requires flights of up to eight hours at approximately 65,000 feet altitude.

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AFRCNASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterER-2Airborne Science programUnited States Geological SurveyUSGSEarth Sciencescience missionGEMxGeological Earth Mapping Experimenthigh-altitude researchremote sensing