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No luck. Today was our last window of opportunity and the fog is not abating. The team will begin disassembling SIERRA and packing up.4:36 PM Jul 31stfrom web
The last flight opportunity of this deployment is tomorrow. The forecast does not instill much hope but the team is standing by.10:54 AM Jul 30thfrom web
Take-off was at 1:15am PDT. Conditions at Ny-Alesund are deteriorating so SIERRA is coming back.8:55 AM Jul 29thfrom web
We just completed a 10hr flight, our longest yet! We had 750km over ice. If weather holds we plan to take-off again at ~1:30AM PT tomorrow.1:22 PM Jul 24thfrom web
During our 25hr inspection we found a part that needs to be replaced on our engine mount. We should be ready for a flight tomorrow.11:39 AM Jul 23rdfrom web
We've solved our satcom issues and just completed a ~8hr science flight! Take-off tomorrow is scheduled for 4AM Pacific if weather holds.1:59 PM Jul 22ndfrom web
Weather cleared and we did a 1.5hr flight but continue to have loss of link with our Iridium modem. We continue to troubleshoot w/ vendors.10:41 AM Jul 21stfrom web