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NASA ER-2 Checks Out New Multiangle Polarizing Imager
An airborne version of a new prototype science instrument that would survey the impacts of aerosols and clouds on global climate change is being checked out on a NASA ER-2 aircraft.
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NASA Advisory Council Meets in Palmdale
The NASA Advisory Council, which advises NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden on major programs and policy issues, held their two-day quarterly meeting Oct. 6-7 in Palmdale, Calif.
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Rising Expectations for NASA Aeronautics
Visitors to the 2010 International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., watch hot-air balloons soar skyward while learning about NASA's work to improve aviation.
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SonicBOBS: NASA Studies Reducing Sonic Boom Intensity
NASA Dryden plans a series of research flights to examine the structural response of large office buildings to low-amplitude sonic booms.
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SOFIA Observatory Prepares For Early Science Flights
NASA's SOFIA flying observatory is scheduled to undergo tests of its entire integrated observatory system with the Faint Object InfraRed Camera mounted on its telescope in October.
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NASA Dryden Receives 'New' F-15Ds
Three McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle aircraft have been transferred from the U.S. Air Force to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center for use in flight research and mission support roles.
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GRIP Hurricane Research Campaign Wrapping Up
NASA's six-week GRIP hurricane research mission nears conclusion with final flights of DC-8 flying laboratory and Global Hawk over Tropical Storm Matthew.
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X-48B Resumes Flight Tests at NASA Dryden
The Boeing / NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body research aircraft resumed flight tests with a checkout flight Sept. 21 from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Dryden Hosts NASA's First Bilingual Web Chat
NASA Dryden unmanned aircraft pilot Herman Posada (right) assisted by NASA Dryden staffers Gray Creech and Carmen Arevalo, was the focus of NASA's first bilingual web chat Sept. 23.
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NASA King Air Upgraded with SATCOM Antenna System
NASA 801 was recently modified by Adaptive Aerospace Corp. of Tehachapi to allow installation of a satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna on its upper fuselage.
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GRIP Overflights: Three Aircraft, Same Storm, Same Time
Three NASA science aircraft were in the air over Hurricane Karl late last week, the first time during the GRIP campaign that that they flew over the same storm at the same time.
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NASA’s Armada of Research Aircraft Monitor Hurricane Karl
NASA’s armada of research aircraft arrived at Hurricane Karl on Thursday, Sept. 16.
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X-48 a 'Poster Child' for Reduced Noise, Fuel Burn, Emissions →
Boeing's sub-scale X-48 blended wing-body flight demonstrators drew much interest at the Green Aviation Summit at NASA's Ames Research Center Sept. 8 and 9.
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NASA Science Aircraft Overfly Caribbean Tropical Disturbance
NASA DC-8 flying laboratory and unmanned long-endurance Global Hawk completed several flights over a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sept. 12-13 as part of the GRIP hurricane mission.
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DC-8, Global Hawk Coordinate Caribbean Science Flights
NASA DC-8 flying laboratory and unmanned long-endurance Global Hawk completed coordinated science flights over a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sept. 12 as part of the GRIP hurricane mission.
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GRIP Flights to Probe Tropical Storm in Caribbean
NASA science aircraft and scientists involved in the agency's GRIP hurricane research mission are slated to go aloft Sept. 12 to probe a developing storm over the Caribbean Sea.
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GRIP Flights Now Focusing on Tropical Storm Gaston
NASA science aircraft are continuing to monitor tropical storms and potential hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the agency’s GRIP hurricane research campaign.
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NASA Science Aircraft Monitor Hurricane Earl on Sept. 3
NASA science aircraft involved in the aerospace agency's GRIP mission are tracking the path and intensity of Hurricane Earl off the U.S. east coast.
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NASA Science Aircraft Monitoring Hurricane Earl
Three NASA science aircraft involved in the aerospace agency's GRIP mission are tracking the path and intensity of Hurricane Earl off the U.S. east coast.
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Summer of Innovation: A Time to Yell and Go Boom!
Middle-school students who attended a Summer of Innovation activity at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center learned about the center's research into suppressing the intensity of sonic booms.