A day aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory
Responsible for two FUSION PTR-TOFs under extreme conditions
Hop aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory and experience heavy G-forces, rapid pressure changes and temperatures above 40°C... all for science!
IONICON R&D scientist Dr. Tobias Reinecke and project collaborator Prof. Armin Wisthaler gave interviews to The Analytical Scientist Magazine on how it felt to be responsible for top-notch scientific instruments in an extremely challenging environment, with two FUSION PTR-TOF systems aboard NASA's now retired DC-8 flying laboratory, for the ASIA-AQ campaign.
Read Tobias' interview: A Day in the Life of a Flying Laboratory Scientist
Tobias Reinecke shares a day in the life of a scientist working aboard NASA’s airborne laboratory: dealing with heavy G-forces, rapid pressure changes, and planned maintenance – sometimes at 40 °C, with the press on board…
and continue with Armin's outlook: What’s Next for the Flying Lab?
As NASA retires the DC-8 airborne laboratory, we look to the future of the flying lab – bigger planes, more instruments, and perhaps hourly air pollution forecasts
Continue reading about our involvement in the ASIA-AQ campaign:
We acknowledge the FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH for supporting this project (pSAT; ASAP 2022 call), our partner Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck and colleagues from Universitetet i Oslo (UiO).
