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Joe Engle Recalls the Legacy of the X-15 Rocket Plane
Retired Air Force test pilot, NASA astronaut recounts contributions of the X-15 to the space shuttle and future space vehicles at Dryden colloquium.
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MSL SUCCESS! Curiosity Lands on Mars!
One-ton Mars Science Laboratory survives "seven minutes of terror" to make soft landing; begins two-year exploration of Mars' geology in Gale Crater.
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MSL & Curiosity: Bringing Mars Down to Earth
NASA Mars program scientist Kelly Fast details the goals, complexities of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover at the AERO Institute.
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Faces its Moment of Truth
The landing of Curiosity on Mars will be a moment of truth for researchers both at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and around the world.
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NASA Dryden Hosts Mars Science Laboratory Exhibit
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will be in focus at the AERO Institute in the Palmdale Civic Center during Thursday Night on the Square Aug. 2.
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NASA Dryden Remembers Space Pioneer Sally Ride
America's first woman in space on space shuttle Challenger in 1983 remembered both as a pioneer and an inspiration to thousands of youth.
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Ovation for Enterprise Pilots at Intrepid Ceremony
Four pilots who flew the prototype space shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests at NASA Dryden in 1977 honored at Intrepid Museum.
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Sturckow Recaps STS-128 Mission for Dryden Staff
Shuttle Discovery recalls highlights of the final shuttle mission to land at Edwards Air Force Base to NASA Dryden employees during July 13 program.
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AREES: Learning About NASA Earth Science Research
Teachers from around the country gathered at NASA's facilities in Palmdale, Calif., for a workshop that focused on NASA's Earth science programs.
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Rachel Thomson Awarded Dryden Employee Scholarship
NASA Dryden's Employee Exchange Council has presented its 2012 John K. Russell Memorial Scholarship Award to 2012 Desert High grad Rachel Thomson.
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G-III Aerodynamics Research Test Bed Goes Aloft
Modified G-III business jet makes functional check flight after preliminary design reviews for two aeronautical research projects completed.
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Independence Day at NASA Dryden – 30 Years Ago
July 4, 1982 was a day to remember in aerospace history as President Reagan and more than a half-million guests watched Space Shuttle Columbia land.
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Masten Xaero Ascends Quarter-mile on Test Launch
Masten Space Systems' Xaero sub-orbital rocket ascended more than ¼-mile above ground during a test launch July 3 at the Mojave Air and Space Port.
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NASA ER-2 809 Back in Air After Major Maintenance
NASA's ER-2 Earth Resources aircraft No. 809 is back on flight status after completion of a year of modified periodic maintenance.
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Students Study Earth From NASA's P-3B Flying Lab
More than 30 college students are immersed in NASA's Earth science research during the Student Airborne Research Program field experience at NASA Dryden.
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Auto-GCAS Flight Tests on DROID UAV Conclude
Smartphone-assisted system repeatedly executes pull-ups or sharp turns of the test aircraft to avoid imminent impact with terrain in its flight path.
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SOFIA Soars at Sunset
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA – lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset on July 15, 2011.
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GOING UP! Facility Support Center at NASA Dryden
Erection of the masonry exterior walls of the new Facilities Support Center at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center is proceeding rapidly.
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NASA Airborne Radar Studies Icelandic Ice Caps
Synthetic aperture radar carried by modified C-20A/G-III using interferometry to detect and measure very subtle deformations in Iceland's ice caps.
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MSL's Curiosity: A Big Rover on a Bold Mission
The Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is slated to land on Earth's nearest neighbor in early August to begin new exploration mission.