NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft No. 806 prepared to lift off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA. NASA operates two ER-2s for airborne science research, electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration, and satellite data validation.
NASA/Tony Landis
Taken on 14 December 2010
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