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NASA Signs Agreement with German, Canadian Partners to Test Alternative Fuels

by Gary Kopycinski on April 10, 2014

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HU-25 Falcon tracking DC-8 emissions

A heavily instrumented NASA HU-25 Falcon measures chemical components from the larger DC-8’s exhaust generated by a 50/50 mix of conventional jet fuel and a plant-derived biofuel, demonstrating the type of work that will be done during ACCESS II flights.