2014年9月17日 · NASA’s ER-2 set a world record for reaching an extreme altitude for this class of aircraft with a takeoff weight between 26,455 and 35,275 pounds on Nov. 19, 1998. The aircraft reached 68,700 feet. Atmospheric Experiments. NASA’s ER-2s are an invaluable tool for studying lower stratosphere and the North American Monsoon Anticyclone (NAMA).

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed " Dragon Lady ", is an American single-engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated since the 1950s by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (above 70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. [1]

2015年7月13日 · Over the span of more than six decades, the U-2 evolved from a relatively basic, high-altitude camera platform for performing clandestine reconnaissance missions into a complex, multisensor platform that has been adapted for a multitude of civil and military roles.

2024年9月29日 · NASA operates two ER-2 aircraft as readily deployable high altitude sensor platforms to collect remote sensing and in situ data on earth resources, atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, and oceanic processes.

This book describes the creation, history, design, and research value of the U-2 program. It also describes the involvement of NACA, as a cover story, and the later use by NASA of these aircraft as environmental research platforms.

2023年11月9日 · Since September 2023, NASA has tasked one of those ER-2 aircraft with helping to locate stores of minerals hidden in the American desert, minerals that are vital for electronics manufacturing,...

2009年9月28日 · After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on 1 May 1960, NASA issued a press release with a cover story about a U-2 conducting weather research that may have strayed off course after the pilot "reported difficulties with his oxygen equipment."

2017年3月8日 · That's because Broce flies an ER-2, a modified version of the famed U-2. And while Lockheed Martin designed the long-winged, high-flying aircraft for Cold War spy missions, Broce flies for NASA...

These are the image contact sheets for each image resolution of the NASA Dryden U-2 Photo Gallery. After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on 1 May 1960, NASA issued a press release with a cover story about a U-2 conducting weather research that may have strayed off course after the pilot "reported ...

To bolster the cover-up, a U-2 was quickly painted in NASA markings, with a fictitious NASA serial number, and put on display for the news media at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base on 6 May 1960.