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Curry, Thomson Named to Dryden Management Posts
Veteran aerospace engineers Robert Curry and Michael Thomson have been named to oversee airborne science, aeronautical research at NASA Dryden.
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Methane Sounder Completes Study on DC-8
A methane-measuring instrument recently completed performance tests during flights aboard NASA's DC-8.
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Flight Tests on CV-990 Solved Shuttle Tire Failure
Real-world tests of shuttle tires on modified jetliner pinpointed the rough surface of the Kennedy runway as the culprit in STS-23 tire explosion.
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Final Shuttle Crew Recaps Mission for Dryden Staff
The crew of STS-135, NASA's last space shuttle mission, recapped highlights of the mission and shuttle program for NASA Dryden employees.
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NASA Airborne Sensor Helps Fire Crews Battle Flames
A NASA thermal-infrared scanner mounted in a NASA aircraft stands ready to support the Forest Service and CAL FIRE with real-time wildfire imagery.
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Dryden Hosts Ames, Marshall, Glenn Center Directors
Directors of NASA's Ames, Marshall and Glenn field centers field centers visited NASA Dryden Aug. 16 to discuss mutual cooperation on common goals.
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Seeing Stars from SOFIA
Cal State Long Beach student intern Jill Pestana gives a thumbs-up for her summer internship experience with the NASA / DLR SOFIA flying observatory.
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Retired NASA Astronaut & Pilot Fred Haise Honored
Lancaster Jethawks honored retired astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton (right, waving), pilots Fitz Fulton and Tom McMurtry at Aerospace Night.
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G-III Completes Alaskan Volcanoes Radar Imaging
NASA's Gulfstream III research aircraft completed a brief Alaskan volcanoes radar imaging mission Aug. 1-4; now the lengthy data analysis work begins.
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NASA’s DC-8 Flying Lab Validates Laser Instruments
Scientists conducted airborne validation of four laser techniques for measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying lab in late July.
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NASA Selects 7 Firms To Fly Suborbital Payloads
NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable rockets near the boundary of space.
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Dryden F-104 Flight-Tested Shuttle TPS Materials
Early in the space shuttle program, NASA Dryden F-104 jets were used to flight-test various advanced shuttle Thermal Protection System materials.
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NASA's SCAs--Birds of a Feather Flock Together
For the first time ever, NASA's two highly modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft briefly flew in formation over the Edwards Air Force Base.
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More Edwards Residents Needed for Sonic Boom Study
More Edwards AFB residents needed to augment 50 volunteers who have already registered for this fall's sonic boom research study at NASA Dryden.
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Dryden Employee Scholarship Goes to Emily Wright
NASA Dryden's Employee Exchange Council has presented its 2011 Thomas W. Finch Memorial Scholarship Award to Desert High grad Emily G. Wright.
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NASA’s G-III Flies 2nd Alaska Radar Imaging Mission
Synthetic-aperture radar imaging volcanoes in the Cascade Range over California, Oregon and Washington and over the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
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Dryden's Kirk Receives Space Flight Awareness Award
NASA Dryden nurse practitioner Katie Kirk has been honored with a NASA Space Flight Awareness award for her support of NASA's space shuttle program.
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NASA Aircraft, Sensor to Image California Wildfires
Aircraft-mounted scanner operates like a digital camera with special filters to detect light energy at visible, infrared and thermal wavelengths.
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F-8 DFBW Helped Solve Shuttle Oscillation Problem
NASA's F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire research aircraft provided flight-test data to resolve the space shuttle's pilot-induced oscillation problem.
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Atlantis Lands at KSC; Concludes Shuttle Missions
Space shuttle Atlantis' landing at the Kennedy Space Center early Thursday July 21 brought NASA's three decades of space shuttle missions to an end.