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NASA Dryden, Air Force Flight Crews Undergo Survival Training
When flight crews have to bail out or eject from a crippled aircraft, they need to know how to survive once they hit the ground or water.
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Dryden Management Appointments
Three employees of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center have recently been assigned to top management positions.
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Orion Arrives at Dryden
Crew module mockup arrives at Dryden for test preparations.
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SOFIA Telescope Operational Testing Continues
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization testing in early March.
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Orion Flight Test Crew Module Unveiled at NASA Langley
Mockup will inaugurate the flight-testing phase of the Constellation Program.
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NASA Dryden's Smolka, Molzahn Receive Aviation Week Laureate Award
Research pilot James W. Smolka and flight test operations engineer Leslie M. Molzahn of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center were among aerospace professionals honored by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine at its recent Laureate Awards presentation.
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Launching Art Into Space
Not many artists are privileged to see their work fly in space.
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NASA Dryden's Mark Dickerson – Giving Back What He Has Been Given
When Dryden engineer Mark C. Dickerson was in junior high school, a teacher took him flying and opened his mind to a new world of possibilities.
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Dryden-sponsored Prep Robotics Teams Unveil 2008 Robots
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is sponsoring high school teams in the 2008 "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" robotics competition.
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X-48B Demonstrator Completes Eighth Flight in Test Series
Boeing's X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator successfully completed its eighth flight of its flight test program on Jan. 31, 2008 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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SOFIA Visits Ames; Begins Mission Systems Installation
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy made a brief visit to NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field near San Jose on Jan. 14.
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Flick, Harris Advanced to Senior Management Roles at NASA Dryden
Two employees at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center have been named to senior management positions at the center. Bradley C. Flick has been appointed the center's Chief Engineer, a senior level position, after serving in an acting capacity since late 2005. James W. Harris has been named as director of Dryden's Test Systems Directorate.
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Dryden Pilot's Artwork, Photography Featured in Aviation Week
Initial research activities beginning in 2009 will support NASA's Airborne Science Program.NASA research pilot and aerospace artist / photographer Mark Pestana has been recognized by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine for his award-winning painting, "The Quest for Mach 10," that was published in the magazine's annual photography / art issue in late December.
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Gordo's Final Flight
After more than 38 years with NASA, C. Gordon Fullerton had his final flight on Dec. 21, 2007.
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SOFIA Telescope Operation Checkout Continues
Initial flight testing of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, continued during December at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Dryden Receives Two Early Global Hawk Aircraft
Initial research activities beginning in 2009 will support NASA's Airborne Science Program.
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Missions and Memories – 2007 at NASA Dryden
In 2007, NASA Dryden supported a number of research projects that contributed to aerospace technology, the agency's space exploration goals and the knowledge and protection of our environment.
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NASA honored at Jules Verne Film Festival
Space Station crew downlinks message.
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Ed Lewis - His Contrail Remains at NASA
Remembered at Dryden as "a contrail that won’t dissipate" .
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NASA Evaluates Compact Synthetic Aperture Radar
Sensor measures small geophysical changes in the Earth's surface.