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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale offers the expanded space needed to manage the Center's airborne science missions and research platforms.
This Week in Dryden's History
A collection of historical facts and events from Dryden's last 50 years.
Dryden Tours Cancelled
Due to budgetary constraints, group and individual tours of Dryden Flight Research Center have been cancelled effective Dec. 16, 2011.
Dryden Severe Weather Instructions
To get up-to-date weather information that may affect Center operations, call the Dryden Events and Employee Emergency Notification Hot Line at (661) 276-2777.
Dryden News and Features
News and Features
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Dryden's Facilities Support Center Near Completion
The new Facilities Support Center at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is nearing completion, with the project expected to be finished in June.
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NASA Radar Collects GLISTIN Ice and Glacier Data
NASA's C-20A-mounted UAVSAR collected data about glaciers, snow and ice during recent flights over Alaska, the Beaufort Sea and the Sierra Nevada.
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SpaceShipTwo Marks First Rocket-Powered Flight
Test flight over Mojave April 29 considered key milestone in development of Virgin Galactic / Scaled Composites' sub-orbital space-access craft.
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Lights Out for Space Shuttle Program at Dryden
Transition and retirement phase of the program concludes; remaining shuttle assets being dispositioned or dismantled.
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NASA's HyspIRI Imager: More Than Meets the Eye
Prior to flying the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager in space, preparatory science investigations are underway using a similar sensor on NASA's ER-2.
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X-48 Research: All good things must come to an end
After nearly six years, a successful and productive joint NASA-Boeing X-48 Hybrid / Blended Wing Body flight test project at NASA Dryden concludes.
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NASA Seeks Tech Proposals for Flight Opportunities
Dryden-managed program to fly selected technologies on various suborbital launch vehicles to test their capabilities in a near-space environment.
Dryden Spotlight
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Research Update
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
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NASA Dryden 2012
Citizen ReportNASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has issued its Citizen Report for 2012, outlining the center's work and economic impact on the local community during the year.
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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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Facility Support Center Construction Update
New energy-efficient building at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center due for completion in summer 2013.
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NASA Dryden and the Space Shuttles
Although most followers of NASA's Space Shuttle Program associate the shuttles with NASA's space-oriented field centers, major contributions to the shuttles' development occurred at NASA's four research field centers. Learn about some of NASA Dryden's contributions to space shuttle development and support in this series of historical articles
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X-15 Interactive Feature
The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.
X-Press Publications
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X-Press: NASA 747 SCA Delivers History
As the awe-inspiring 30-year Space Shuttle Program comes to a close, a set of flights added to its spectacular history.
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X-Press: Shuttle Tribute
Dryden played an important role in the shuttle program from its earliest stages. The space shuttle prototype Enterprise was flown at the center in a 1977 series of flight tests that evaluated glide and landing characteristics of the 100-ton vehicles.
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Aerovations
Expanding on initiatives of the former Innovative Partnerships Program, new opportunities are nurturing innovations inside and outside of NASA.
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Aircraft Imagery
Photos, video and graphics of Dryden aircraft