{"id":45018,"date":"2024-05-16T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/nasa-dc-8-final-idaho-flight\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T07:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:00:14","slug":"nasas-flying-laboratory-dc-8-has-flown-for-the-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=45018","title":{"rendered":"NASAs Flying Laboratory DC-8 Has Flown For The Last Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

For over 37 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)<\/a> has operated a specially modified Douglas DC-8 airliner, which has functioned as an airborne science laboratory. Throughout the years, the aircraft has performed dozens of missions, helping scientists at the organization perform experiments that would be impossible at ground level. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unique aircraft has finally left the skies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,595,512,6623,4409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aviation-news","category-douglas-dc-8","category-nasa-research","category-old-aircraft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t