NASA’s first flight of the Hurricane and Storm Sentinal Mission (HS3) began Tuesday morning and continued into Wednesday.
One of the mission’s two Global Hawk Uninhabited Aerial Systems (UAS) departed from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and traveled out over the Atlantic Ocean for 24 hours before returning.
CLICK HERE to view the flight path of the Global Hawk.
The aircraft are capable of flying up to 30 hours at a time, as high as 12.3 miles, and can cover more than 12,600 miles in one flight.
The HS3 is a five-year mission targeted to investigate hurricane formations and severe storms in the Atlantic Ocean, and the ingredients that fuel them.
Related links:
HS3 Mission
http://science.nasa.gov/missions/hs3/
NASA Hurricane Research
www.nasa.gov/hurricane
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
www.nasa.gov/wallops
NASA’s Airborne Science Program
http://airbornescience.nasa.gov
NASA’s Global Hawks
http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/Global_Hawk
