Will Dedicate 160 Flight Hours Measuring The Breathing Of Five Pilots
NASA pilot Jim Less climbed into the cockpit of the F/A-18 aircraft, secured his safety equipment, and took in a long and deep breath. It’s not every day that NASA is tasked with a mission that could save someone’s life, but for the next few months that has become a focus for pilots out at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Managed by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) at Langley Research Center in Virginia, Armstrong’s newest flight series will task its pilots with the role of simulating a series of in-flight activities to better understand how flight conditions can impact a pilot’s breathing during high-performance aircraft flights.
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