US pilot John Gustine of the NASA WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft poses for a photograph inside a hangar at Teniente Octavio Rodriguez Garrido Air Base in Arraijan, Panama, on September 18, 2026. The NASA high-altitude research aircraft is operating in Panama from August 24 to September 23 as part of a NOAA mission conducted in collaboration with NASA to study the atmosphere and measure aerosols, atmospheric gases, ozone, water vapor and weather conditions. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP via Getty Images)