NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory continues to carry scientists and their sensors over the frozen Antarctic landscape as part of the Operation Ice Bridge mission.
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Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage the Center's airborne science missions and research platforms.
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Popular Science Honors NASA's Orion Launch Abort System
Mockups of the Orion crew module and Launch Abort System stand adjacent to the launch gantry at White Sands Missile Range after technicians stacked the mockups to familiarize technicians with the procedure prior to using actual launch abort system hardware. (NASA / WSMR photo)
Popular Science magazine has honored NASA's Orion Launch Abort System with a Best of What's New award for 2009 in the aviation and space category.
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Mockups of the Orion crew module and Launch Abort System stand adjacent to the launch gantry at White Sands Missile Range after technicians stacked the mockups to familiarize technicians with the procedure prior to using actual launch abort system hardware. (NASA / WSMR photo) Popular Science magazine has honored NASA's Orion Launch Abort System with a Best of What's New award for 2009 in the aviation and space category.
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Mallick, Matranga Interviewed About LLRV for California's Gold
As videographer Cameron Tucker records the scene, popular Los Angeles television host Huell Howser interviews retired NASA Dryden research pilot Don Mallick Nov. 18 in front of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) he flew during the mid-1960s. Retired NASA Dryden engineer Gene Matranga (at left), who served as chief engineer on the project, was also interviewed for the segment to be aired on Howser's "California's Gold" historical series on KCET, Ch. 28, and other public television stations throughout the state. Broadcast date has yet to be determined. (NASA photo / Tony Landis)
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As videographer Cameron Tucker records the scene, popular Los Angeles television host Huell Howser interviews retired NASA Dryden research pilot Don Mallick Nov. 18 in front of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) he flew during the mid-1960s. Retired NASA Dryden engineer Gene Matranga (at left), who served as chief engineer on the project, was also interviewed for the segment to be aired on Howser's "California's Gold" historical series on KCET, Ch. 28, and other public television stations throughout the state. Broadcast date has yet to be determined. (NASA photo / Tony Landis)› View Larger Photo
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News and Features
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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden Outlines Hopes, Goals to Dryden Staff
Moments after the unveiling of a new painting by noted aviation artist Robert McCall depicting former NASA astronaut and research pilot Neil Armstrong, new NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discussed his goals and hopes for the nation's aerospace agency during a town hall with employees of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Oct. 30.
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NASA's Global Hawk #872 Back in the Air
NASA's Global Hawk No. 872 banks for landing over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during its first check flight Oct. 23.
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Orion Mockups Mated at WSMR
White Sands Missile Range technicians recently practiced stacking mockups of the Orion Pad Abort-1 flight test launch abort system and crew module.
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NASA Dryden’s McTigue, Love Honored as Eagles
Retired NASA Dryden employees John McTigue and Betty Love were honored as 2009 Eagles by the Flight Test Historical Foundation at the group’s Gathering of Eagles.
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NASA Sponsors Astronomy Workshop for Educators
Middle school educators are invited to an astronomy workshop Nov. 3 that will offer hands-on activities to help students understand the importance of astronomical observations.
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2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Contest Reset for Nov. 4
The Spaceward Foundation has rescheduled 2009 Space Elevator Power-Beaming Challenge Games for Nov. 4 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
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Aviation Pioneer Richard T. Whitcomb
Richard T. Whitcomb has been called the most significant aerodynamic contributor of the second half of the 20th century.
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STS-129
Space shuttle Atlantis is continuing assembly of the International Space Station and returning station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth.
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Operation Ice Bridge
Scientists aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory are studying changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets in Operation Ice Bridge.
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SOFIA
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
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Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
NASA Dryden is leading the Orion crew module launch abort system flight test effort, including crew module systems integration for the first two flights.
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X-15 Interactive Feature
The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Research Update
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Aerovations
The Innovative Partnerships Program acts as a pathfinder and an agent of change for new technology development through partnerships with small businesses and research institutions.
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