Using the ARM Aerial Facility's (AAF) Gulfstream - 159 (G - 1) research aircraft, the team will fly three
possible flight paths between Prudhoe Bay, Oliktok Point, Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk, and Toolik Lake measuring carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide — also known as trace gases — using two different types of gas analyzers and collecting air samples of trace gases with a 12 - flask sampler.
Alternatively, NASA could adjust the orbit of the spacecraft in the coming year for the best
possible flight path and vent the toxic fuel, but a truly controlled reentry is not possible.
Not exact matches
The Phantom 4 incorporates GPS technology that makes auto take - off, return home, pre-programmed
flight paths, and much more
possible.
These habitual
flight paths were straighter than the routes they flew when first discovering the feeders, allowing them to reduce their travel distance even when they were unable to visit them in the best
possible order.
Some missions have you completing a
flight path as swiftly as
possible, others have you collecting pick - ups, protecting an injured fellow bird, and some have you combating other creatures of the skies such as bats and other birds.