NASA's Operation Ice Bridge campaign to image and map Antarctica's sea ice and glaciers has completed a dozen flights as of Nov. 2.
NASA's Operation Ice Bridge campaign to image and map Antarctica's sea ice and glaciers has completed a dozen flights as of Nov. 2.
One of NASA's three X-38 Crew Return Vehicle technology demonstrators that flew at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., a decade ago has found a new home in ...
Moments after unveiling a new painting by noted aviation artist Robert McCall depicting former NASA astronaut and research pilot Neil Armstrong, new NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden discussed his ...
NASA's Global Hawk No. 872 banks for landing over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during its second check flight Oct. 23.
White Sands Missile Range technicians recently practiced stacking mockups of the Orion Pad Abort-1 flight test launch abort system and crew module.
Retired NASA Dryden employees John McTigue and Betty Love were honored as 2009 Eagles by the Flight Test Historical Foundation at the group’s Gathering of Eagles.
Middle school educators are invited to an astronomy workshop Nov. 3 that will offer hands-on activities to help students understand the importance of astronomical observations.
The Spaceward Foundation has rescheduled 2009 Space Elevator Power-Beaming Challenge Games for Nov. 4 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
Richard T. Whitcomb has been called the most significant aerodynamic contributor of the second half of the 20th century.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy science team completed checkout of optical star tracking camera systems and conducted telescope assembly preparation exercises.
Scientists aboard NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory are studying changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets in Operation Ice Bridge.
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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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Space shuttle Atlantis will continue assembly of the International Space Station and return station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth.
NASA Dryden is leading the Orion crew module launch abort system flight test effort, including crew module systems integration for the first two flights.
The sensational, iconic, and groundbreaking X-15 hypersonic research aircraft extended flight to the edge of space during the 1950s and 1960s.
Current flight research projects and programs being flown at Dryden Flight Research Center.
Dryden has made many significant contributions to NASA's mission since the agency's inception five decades ago. The 50th anniversary issue of the X-Press profiles 61 employees and 28 current and past projects.
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Photos, video and graphics of Dryden aircraft