NASA/NOAA Team Deploy Global Hawk to Track Hurricane Matthew

7 Oct 2016

NASA’s Global Hawk aircraft was deployed to Florida from Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA. on Oct. 6 to monitor and take scientific measurements of Hurricane Matthew. The unmanned Global Hawk will gather scientific data in support of NOAA’s Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) mission.

Image: NASA's Global Hawk being prepared for deployment to Florida to study Hurricane Matthew.

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