Pathfinder Taking off From Rogers Dry Lakebed

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Channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center · 2017 · Science & Technology

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This 27-second video taken September 11, 1995 shows the Pathfinder taking off from Rogers Dry Lakebed near the NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base. Shown from the lakebed side, the video shows Edwards and Dryden in the background.

The aircraft was adopted into NASA's newly-established Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project in late 1994. ERAST was one of NASA's initiatives designed to develop the new technologies needed to continue America's leadership in the highly competitive aerospace industry.

For more information on Pathfinder visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-034-DFRC.html

For more information on the ERAST program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-020-DFRC.html

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