The Global Hawk

From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

With last weekend’s arrival of the NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft on Virginia’s eastern shore, scientists and pilots are now ready to start the NOAA-led mission to improve #hurricane forecasts of track and intensity using data collected by the Global Hawk during the season’s hurricanes.

LEARN MORE about this important scientific mission at http://1.usa.gov/1IkVUVr.

PHOTO: The Global Hawk arrived on the morning of August 22, 2015, from California at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's eastern shore. It is now ready to fly above this season's Atlantic hurricanes to help improve storm forecasting. (Credit NASA).