{
  "id": 14746725,
  "title": "NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/nasa-to-conduct-low-altitude-flights-over-texas-farmland-14746725",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-15T16:42:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
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    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-to-conduct-low-altitude-flights-over-texas-farmland/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA plans to conduct low-altitude research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from October 22 to November 9. The flights aim to measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. These flights will be carried out using a NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft, which is specifically designed for such missions. The research is crucial as animal feeding operations represent an important and understudied component of Earth's land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission, a collaborative effort led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Colorado State University, and Boston University, will deploy over a dozen sensors to measure various pollutants. These include ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, and other pollutants that rise from crop lands and livestock farms and interact with the Earth's atmosphere. Additional low-altitude research flights using a NASA P-3 Orion aircraft are planned for the growing season from March to July 2027, with a focus on cropland in the Midwest and California’s Central Valley. For further details on the FarmFlux mission, interested parties can visit the provided link.",
  "summary": "A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy […]",
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        "outlet": "NASA Science",
        "title": "NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/nasa-to-conduct-low-altitude-flights-over-texas-farmland",
        "published": "2026-10-15T16:42:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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