NASA’s 777 Aircraft Returns Home with Science Flights on the Horizon
22 Apr 2026, 20:29 GMT
By Charles G. Hatfield
Topic: Langley Research Center
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/nasas-777-aircraft-returns-home-with-science-flights-on-the-horizon/
NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory. After a check flight and a three-hour transit from Waco, the aircraft returned to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on April 22. Since January