NASA's Flying Lab, which measures the intensity of pollution, flies in the air continuously for 8 hours

Manila, February 12, 2024, Monday

America's space agency NASA has prepared a flying laboratory for the research of increasing air pollution. This lab collects different types of samples from different places. Given the overall design and facility of the flying laboratory, it does not appear to be an airship. The sole purpose of this lab is to prepare and study air pollution samples in the air. Recently, the flying lab arrived in the Philippines. This lab is made from a DC-8 aircraft. Can stay in the air for 8 hours continuously in one flight.

This flying lab flies as high as 15 meters above the ground. The scientists sitting in it keep an eye on the pollution particles in the air. At Clark International Airport near Manila, the capital of the Philippines, NASA's Barry Leffer said that the type of pollution from different sources is estimated. Air quality models are also created from this data. Currently the sample is later analyzed on satellites to check air quality.

Experts believe that it is very important to analyze the data of the samples deposited in the flying lab. Dozens of sensitive devices are installed in the lab, with which the flying lab took off from Manila. Along with this, NASA also has a small Gulf Stream jet that prepares a 3D map of pollutants in the air. In the future, air labs will operate in South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. The findings of this study will be released after a year.