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Shimmering heat waves trail behind NASA's Gulfstream-III research aircraft as it departs the Edwards AFB runway on a UAVSAR pod checkout test flight.

Shimmering heat waves trail behind NASA's Gulfstream-III research aircraft as it departs the Edwards AFB runway on a UAVSAR pod checkout test flight.

Photographer NASA/Tom Tschida
Location AFRC
Grumman Gulfstream-III research aircraftUnmanned Air Vehicle Synthetic Aperture RadarUAVSARpodEarth Science Capabilities Demonstration projectJet Propulsion LaboratoryG-IIIG-3MAU-12 ejector rackC-20AMulti-Role Cooperative Research Platformsubsonic flight experiments