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SOFIA Completes Initial Flight Test Segment
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has completed the initial segment of the first phase of SOFIA flight testing.
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NASA Selects Dryden Project for IPP Seed Fund Award
NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program recently awarded a "Seed Fund" grant to Tao Systems, of Hampton, Va., for development of a compact aerodynamic sensing system that will help validate aircraft flight performance.
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Groundbreaking Signals Start of NASA's Constellation Flight Tests
With less than a year until flight tests of NASA's Constellation Program, work is under way on a launch pad that will host the first of those tests.
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NASA Dryden Awards Engineering, Technical Services Contract
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a multi-year competitive contract to Tybrin Corporation of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for engineering and technical services at the NASA field center.
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NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory Returns to Dryden
Aircraft to be based at Dryden's new Aircraft Operations Facility
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NASA Pilot Edwin Lewis Dies in Crash
Lewis was a research pilot at Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Former Astronaut Visits Southern California Explorer School
John Herrington visits with students at Vintage Magnet School
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2007 SpotBeam Civil Space Award
Winner is SOFIA
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SOFIA Airborne Observatory Begins Flight Test Phase
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy has begun a series of flight tests to confirm the structural integrity and performance of the 747SP aircraft.
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NASA's Hispanic Heritage
Despite personal tragedies, NASA engineer pursued her dreams.
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Former NASA Dryden Research Pilot Stanley P. Butchart Dies
Retired NASA Dryden Flight Research Center research pilot Stanley P. Butchart died Monday in Lancaster at the age of 85.
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Lauren Abraham Awarded NASA Dryden Exchange Council Scholarship
Lauren K. Abraham, a June graduate of Tehachapi High School, has been awarded the NASA Dryden Exchange Council's 2007 John K. Russell Memorial Scholarship.
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NASA Awards Orion Launch Abort Test Facilities Contract
NASA's White Sands Test Facility has selected Denco, Inc. of Las Cruces, N.M., to build launch site facilities for flight testing of the Orion Launch Abort System.
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Dryden News Photos
Promotional high resolution photos associated with news releases and features that are temporarily available for downloading.
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Skyray 48 Takes Flight
Remotely piloted plane to demonstrate blended wing shape.
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NASA Dryden to Establish Aircraft Operations at Palmdale Site
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has received approval to establish an Aircraft Operations Facility at the former Rockwell International / North American Aircraft production facility in Palmdale.
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Bill Dana - Rocket Pilot
X-15 test pilot William H. "Bill" Dana kept the rocket plane on track as it crested at an altitude of 59 miles.
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NASA's California Centers Participating in NextFest This Weekend
NASA's three field centers in California will be showcasing some of their current and future technologies at WIRED magazine's NextFest this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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NASA Dryden Awards Engineering, Technical Agreements
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded Blanket Purchase Agreements to four firms for engineering and technical support services at the NASA field center.
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NASA Dryden Offers STS-118 Educational Seminar In Palmdale
Local educators are invited to participate in space shuttle mission STS-118 through a summer seminar sponsored by the education office of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The second of two sessions is scheduled for Saturday, August 25, at the NASA Dryden Education Center in Palmdale.