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Atlantis' Crew Thanks Dryden for Shuttle Support
While orbiting over the high desert July 16, the crew of space shuttle Atlantis gave tribute to NASA Dryden's communications staff for their support.
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Approach & Landing Tests Verified Shuttle Systems
The Approach and Landing Tests in 1977 evaluated the shuttle orbiter’s aerodynamic flight control systems and subsonic handling characteristics.
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X-24B Precision Landings Proved That Shuttle Could Land Unpowered
Precision landings by the X-24B lifting body in 1975 led to the decision to not include jet engines on the space shuttles to aid landing approaches.
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Students Study The Earth From NASA's Flying Lab
Almost 30 college students are participating in the 2011 Student Airborne Research Program Earth science flights on NASA's DC-8 June 27-30.
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Three, Two, One, Liftoff! at Summer Rocketry Camp
About 200 middle-school students applied science, technology, engineering and math at a NASA Summer of Innovation Rocketry Camp in Lamont, Calif.
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SOFIA's Telescope Views Pluto Occultation
NASA’s SOFIA observatory viewed the dwarf planet Pluto as it passed in front of a distant star when Pluto's shadow fell on Earth June 23.
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Dryden F/A-18 Flight Testing MSL Radar for Mars
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory complete flight-testing of the next Mars rover’s landing radar on an F/A-18.
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NASA's Orion/MPCV Capsule Departs Dryden for KSC
The Orion prototype of NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle used in the pad abort test last year has departed NASA Dryden for the Kennedy Space Center.
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ER-2 Wraps up Six-week MC3E Mission at Offutt AFB
NASA ER-2 high-altitude Earth science aircraft No. 806 recently concluded a six-week deployment in the MC3E mission over Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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NASA G-III Radar Images Mississippi River Levees
NASA is imaging Mississippi River levees with a synthetic aperture radar slung beneath a G-III aircraft to determine the levees' overall stability.
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SOFIA Observatory Science, Education Showcased
The SOFIA flying observatory's astronomical science and its application to STEM education was highlighted before news and social media June 8.
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3-2-1 – Launch! Launch! Launch!
Awe and amazement was these students' reaction as their rocket soared aloft at the 2011 Intermediate Space Challenge at the Mojave Air & Space Port.
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Getting Loud Now; Enjoy Peace and Quiet Then
NASA is using supersonic aircraft to produce super-loud sonic booms in an effort to minimize their startling impact in future supersonic aircraft.
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NASA Calls for Suborbital Flight Services
NASA is seeking proposals from commercial suborbital flight providers and payload integrators to support the agency's Flight Opportunities Program.
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Virtual Mission Control Lesson–From 400 Miles Away →
NASA Dryden pilot Mark Dickerson, education specialists David Alexander and Shaun Smith conduct airborne lesson for middle schoolers from Cessna 172.
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Dryden Staff Receive Space Flight Awareness Awards
Seven NASA Dryden Flight Research Center employees were recently honored with Space Flight Awareness awards for their support of human space flight.
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NASA G-III Flies Hawaiian Volcanoes Radar Mission
The G-III research aircraft obtained radar imagery of volcanoes on Hawaii's Big Island and mapped surface deformations on Oahu, Molokai, and Maui.
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NASA Aircraft Aids Earth-Mars Cave Detection Study
Thermal and visual imagery were collected over the Mojave Desert on a NASA-funded study to aid detection of caves on Earth, the moon and Mars.
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Broadband Lidar Instrument Tested on NASA's DC-8
Testing future satellite instruments from airplanes is the next best thing to actually testing them in space.
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NASA Selects Classroom Teachers for SOFIA Science Flights
NASA has selected the first six teachers who will work with scientists aboard the SOFIA flying observatory during research flights in May and June.