NASA officials said Thursday they will view a meteor shower while flying over the Arctic in a Gulfstream V aircraft owned by the founders of Google Inc.
The mission was scheduled to depart from Mineta San Jose International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Thursday to fly for 10 hours over the Arctic and back to San Jose.
The mission is to view the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to produce more than 100 visible meteors per hour at its peak.
NASA has a $2.6 million agreement with Mountain View-based Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, to house their aircraft at Moffett Field.
In return, NASA scientists get access to the aircraft, which also includes a Boeing 767, for research purposes.
