NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Daily Star Lebanon - NASA has embarked on an ambitious journey with its massive airborne laboratory, the DC-8, conducting extensive flights across Asia to improve air pollution forecasting and management models. This endeavor aims to pinpoint the sources and patterns of air pollution, a critical step towards developing more accurate systems for public alerts. Given that air pollution contributes to millions of fatalities each year, the significance of this mission is profound.