2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

Operations Center in Palmdale. For
Program Year 2009, the Ikhana will be moved
to catalog management and the G-III will
become a core platform.
Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility is the lead
for operating and maintaining the core lowaltitude
heavy-lift P-3B aircraft, and managing
the catalog aircraft program through safety
oversight of contracted aircraft. Wallops also
continues the work in the field of small-class
Uninhabited Aircraft Systems (UAS) research.
Johnson Space Center contributes to
the program primarily by operating and
maintaining the core WB-57 high-altitude
research aircraft.
Langley and Glenn Research Centers support
the program by providing access to their
platforms through the catalog.
In 2008, the Airborne Science Program had
a budget of $33,056,000, a 29% increase
from 2007. Figure 26 (opposite) illustrates
how budget was distributed, while Figure
27 (below) illustrates the Program’s budget
trend since 2005.
Figure 27
Airborne Science Program recent and projected budgets
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