When Samaritan’s Purse retired its McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighter N782SP after a final humanitarian mission to Jamaica in late 2025, aviation lost more than just another aging cargo aircraft. The ...

This video documents the final mission of the Douglas DC-8 operated by Samaritan's Purse, retiring the aircraft after 56 ...

Acquired by NASA in 1985, the DC-8 was used on 158 science campaigns. Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when it was ...

POCATELLO — A piece of NASA history parted ways with the sky this week and will instead remain forever parked in Pocatello. The world’s first and largest flying science laboratory, the historic NASA ...

A low-flying jet with decades of history was seen flying over the South Bay Wednesday on its final flight before retirement. A specialized DC-8 used by NASA wrapped up 37 years of service with the ...

Pour one out for NASA’s large flying laboratory, an old and hardworking DC-8 aircraft that the space and aeronautics agency just retired. The plane came into the world in 1969, the same year that NASA ...

American aerospace agency NASA is preparing to retire its unique flying laboratory after 37 years of service. The aircraft, which NASA describes as the “largest flying science laboratory in the world” ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – The world’s first and largest flying science laboratory will now have a home at Idaho State University. Thanks to a donation from the federal government, the historic NASA DC ...