An agreement between NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman will enable NASA to conduct Earth science research with two Northrop Grumman-developed RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft.
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NASA Dryden, Air Force Flight Crews Undergo Survival Training
NASA Dryden videographers Lori Losey and Brian Soukup and flight test engineer Syri Koelfgen practice activating flares during land survival training recently at Edwards Air Force Base. They were a part of a group of Air Force and NASA flight status personnel who underwent the two-day refresher training to ensure they are up to date on their land and water survival skills if they have to bail out of or eject from a crippled aircraft over the ocean or a remote area on land. NASA Photo Tony Landis.
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NASA Dryden videographers Lori Losey and Brian Soukup and flight test engineer Syri Koelfgen practice activating flares during land survival training recently at Edwards Air Force Base. They were a part of a group of Air Force and NASA flight status personnel who underwent the two-day refresher training to ensure they are up to date on their land and water survival skills if they have to bail out of or eject from a crippled aircraft over the ocean or a remote area on land. NASA Photo Tony Landis.> Read more
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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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Kathleen Howell-Mother, Private Pilot and NASA Engineer
NASA flight operations engineer Kathleen Howell was a stay-at-home mom to three children prior to joining NASA.
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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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ARCTAS Updates
Dryden's DC-8 is supporting this atmospheric research mission over the arctic.
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NASA's 50th Anniversary
Over the next year, NASA will celebrate 50 years of scientific and technological excellence.
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This Week in Dryden's History
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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
Our new aircraft operations facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage Dryden's airborne science missions and research platforms.
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SOFIA
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
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Orion Crew Module at Dryden
Mockup to undergo preparations for first short-range flight test.
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