NASA flies Altair UAV over California forest fires

Within the space of a week, NASA and the U.S. Forest Service flew the Altair unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) twice over forest fires in California, including an impromptu flight over the deadly Esperanza fire that investigators suspect was deliberately set. The missions marked the first time a civil...

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