# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/eIyRShIaPk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11740800-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2013-09-11T22:42:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Two NASA aircraft equipped with scientific instruments are flying over the Houston area throughout September 2013 as part of a multi-year airborne science mission to help scientists better understand how to measure and forecast air quality from space.

The aircraft are part of NASA's five-year DISCOVER-AQ study, which stands for Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality.

This two-engine B200 King Air aircraft, shown on the tarmac at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., collects data for the DISCOVER-AQ study looking downward from an altitude of 26,000 feet. The plane's instruments look down at the Earth's surface, much like a satellite, and measure particulate and gaseous air pollution.

Image Credit: NASA

#discoveryaq #flying #flight #nasa #airquality #science #airbornescience #pollution #environment #smog

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flying, discoveryaq, science, nasa, airquality, environment, smog, pollution, flight, airbornescience

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