NASA Conduct Air Quality Check at Manila Airspace

 25 February 2024

As part of an International collaboration with NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with Manila Observatory, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Douglas DC-8-72 with tail number N817NA – the world’s biggest flying laboratory flew at low altitude over Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Plaridel Airport and nearby urban areas on February 18 to study the air quality in the Philippines. 

NASA’s Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ 2024) science mission deployed their DC-8 aircraft which performed several flights last Feb. 6 to 13. 

After 54 years of service, the DC-8 will retire in April 2024.