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Aerodynamic Truck Studies Honored
Research at NASA Dryden more than 35 years ago that led to improvements in the fuel economy of large long-haul trucks has been honored by the Space Foundation.
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SOFIA Science Mission Operations Director Selected
Erick Young, a widely recognized authority on infrared astronomy, has been appointed science mission operations director for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA.
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NASA Dryden Offers Two Science Education Workshops
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s Office of Education will present two free science workshops in mid-April, one on Martian geology, the other on rocketry.
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NASA Dryden's Starr Ginn – Engineer, Pilot, Mentor
NASA engineer Starr Ginn lives an aviation-filled life.
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Look What’s in Kevin Petersen’s Parking Space!
Retiring NASA Dryden Fight Research Center director Kevin Petersen got an April Fool's Day surprise when he arrived at work on April 1, 2009 – the HiMAT remotely piloted research aircraft sitting in his parking space in front of Dryden's main building.
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Middle School Girls Take a "Tech Trek" at NASA Dryden
About 25 seventh-grade girls from several area middle schools got up close and personal with some unique aircraft and high technology recently when they participated in a "Tech Trek" tour of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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Local University Student Interning At NASA Center
Shawn Georg spent years on the family cattle ranch near Sabetha with his eyes toward the sky as military fighters and cargo planes flew low-level routes over the property.
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Sarasota Resident Interning at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Steven Humphrey is tasked with designing real-time computer displays to gather and interpret in-flight data.
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NASA Dryden Director Kevin Petersen to Retire in April
Kevin L. Petersen, director of NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, has announced he plans to retire from NASA, effective April 3.
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Launch Complex Ready For Orion’s First Abort Flight Test
NASA has completed work on a 92-acre launch complex that will serve as the test site for abort flight tests of its newest spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, which is intended to take astronauts back to the moon.
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NASA ER-2 Conducting Lidar Sensor Demonstration Flights
One of NASA’s two ER-2 high-altitude Earth Science aircraft is currently conducting in-flight checkout and initial demonstrations of the new Tropospheric Wind Lidar Experiment, or Twilite, sensor.
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NASA Presents Safety Award to Dryden Facilities Chief Dan Crowley
NASA has presented its Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition, or QASAR, award for 2008 to Daniel J. Crowley, director of Facilities Engineering and Asset Management at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Education Family Night Focuses on Space Education
More than a score of children and their parents learned about flying in space during a hands-on NASA Education Family Night focusing on the upcoming STS-119 space shuttle mission at the AERO Institute in Palmdale Feb. 19.
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NASA Dryden supports Bohn-Meyer Math, Science Odyssey
More than 250 eighth grade students from eight schools experienced hands-on science and engineering during the Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey Feb. 6 at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif.
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NASA’s NF-15B Research Aircraft Flies Final Mission
With its afterburners roaring, NASA research pilot Jim Smolka pulls NASA's highly modified NF-15B research aircraft into a steep climb after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base on its final flight.
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Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test at NASA Dryden
NASA and 11 other research groups are testing two non-petroleum-based jet fuels in the pursuit of alternative fuels.
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Lancets Flights Probe Supersonic Shockwaves
NASA is concluding a series of flight tests to measure shock waves generated by an F-15 jet, in an effort to validate computer models that could be used in designing quieter supersonic aircraft.
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NASA Debuts Global Hawk Autonomous Aircraft for Earth Science
NASA and Northrop Grumman Corporation have unveiled the first Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system to be used for environmental science research, heralding a new application for the world’s first fully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. Related Story
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NASA Dryden Marked Major Milestones in 2008
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center supported projects and efforts across NASA's four mission areas during 2008.
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HIPO Photometer Installed on SOFIA Telescope
The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope Nov. 17.