ER-2 Aircraft (IMAGE) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Caption On Aug. 22, 2012, the ER-2 took off from Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. One of the instruments on board would later fly with the PODEX experiment. Credit Credit: NASA/Matteo Ottaviani Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.