Colorado State University is one of three joint leads on NASA’s FarmFlux mission, the agency reported in an October 15 notice. NASA Goddard and Boston University are the other lead institutions.

The next announced campaign will use a Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft near Transit, Texas, from October 22 through November 9. Its sensor package will examine agricultural gases and particles, including methane and ammonia.

The Colorado connection is the university’s scientific leadership. The notice does not establish a Colorado flight schedule, report a local pollution violation or identify a particular farm as responsible for a measured change.

Later aircraft work is planned for the Midwest and California’s Central Valley during the 2027 growing season. The campaign’s research questions remain to be answered through collection and analysis of observations.