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High Altitude Research Program

The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Program. Two fully operational WB-57 aircraft are based near JSC at Ellington Field. Both aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's, and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer-oriented service designed to meet all scientific objectives.

Please browse the information in this website. If you have any further inquiries regarding how your instrument can be flown on the WB-57, JSC aircraft operations, or the WB-57 in general, please do not hesitate in contacting our team at the WB-57 Program Office.
We look forward to working with you.

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