For a guy whose job requires him to spend his time in the clouds, Joe Piotrowski is amazingly down to earth. Piotrowski works at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC). The center is located at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards and Palmdale—both in California. Piotrowski serves as both a lead operations engineer and a mission director. He says, “I work with an instrument known as UAVSAR (Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar). It is used in science experiments that help people learn about volcanoes, thunderstorms, earthquakes, oil spills, landslides, and many other projects. I love my job because I get to be up close and personal with airplanes. But every single day is different with different assignments.” Piotrowski described how far aircraft have come since the Wright brothers successfully flew their Flyer for a minute on a North Carolina beach.
What is UAVSAR? Why was it created?
UAVSAR sends
