{"id":38355,"date":"2021-07-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-471847"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T20:12:19","slug":"nasa-retires-a-research-workhorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/nasa-retires-a-research-workhorse\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Retires a Research Workhorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Retires a Research Workhorse<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A research aircraft is seen from behind facing a beautiful sunset at Cleveland Hopkins Airport.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=1536,768 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=2048,1024 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=400,200 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=600,300 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=900,450 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=1200,600 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/grc-2020-c-00100-1.jpg?resize=2000,1000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Glenn\u2019s S-3B Viking has been a workhorse research aircraft for over 16 years and will now be exhibited at the San Diego Air and Space Museum in California in its retirement.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the U.S. Navy retired its fleet of S-3B Vikings from active duty in 2009, not all of them were grounded. At NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, one S-3B was being used almost daily as a flight research aircraft. Acquired in 2004 and flown for the next 16 years on a variety of research missions, this S-3B Viking is about to fly off into the sunset and retire at the San Diego Air and Space Museum in California where it will be used to educate the public about its important role in the U.S. Navy and at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the last S-3B flying today anywhere in the world,\u201d says Jim Demers, Glenn\u2019s Flight Operations Manager. \u201cIt\u2019s been a workhorse for NASA, but we just can\u2019t source its unique parts anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally designed by Lockheed Martin as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft, NASA\u2019s S-3B Viking was completely reconfigured in 2006 for flight research purposes. All weapons systems were removed and replaced with civilian avionics, GPS, and satellite communications systems to conduct flight communications research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of its major contributions was helping NASA\u2019s aeronautical innovators define communications standards that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) can apply to the unmanned aircraft systems for safe operation in U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis old aircraft has been a huge part of ushering in the future of aviation,\u201d says Mike Jarrell, lead of NASA\u2019s Command and Control project. \u201cThe S-3B has been a perfect match for our research. It has a nice flat bottom where we can mount a variety of antenna; it flies steady and goes low and slow so we can communicate with ground stations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jarrell adds that the S-3B has conducted research flights in every terrain in the national airspace including mountains, hills, over water, plains, and deserts. The results of the flight research have given NASA, the FAA, and its commercial partners a path to secure, reliable command-and-control radios used for communication from the ground to unmanned aircraft systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The S-3B also flew research flights to monitor algal bloom growth in Lake Erie and develop hyperspectral imaging equipment to provide more accurate data for university scientists studying the problem. The hyperspectral imagers, mounted to the aircraft\u2019s underbelly, analyze a wide spectrum of light to identify the types of harmful algal blooms in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe S-3B gave us the flexibility to fly at different altitudes to image large swaths of Lake Erie and other bodies of water,\u201d says Roger Tokars, an elliptical and optics engineer with NASA Glenn.  \u201cThe other advantage was the aircraft\u2019s inertial navigation system that helped us calibrate our equipment for better geo-referencing data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s communications research in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aam\/overview\/\">advanced air mobility<\/a> will continue using a T-34 Mentor aircraft as new standards are developed to recommend to the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Image: NASA Glenn\u2019s S-3B Viking has been a workhorse research aircraft for over 16 years and will now be exhibited at the San Diego Air and Space Museum in California in its retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nancy Smith Kilkenny<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>NASA Glenn Research Center<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeronautics\/research-model-increases-accuracy\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230608-144923-nasa-ldg-full-model-ls.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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At NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, one S-3B was being used almost daily as a flight research aircraft. 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