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News Releases 2010
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NASA Airborne Radar To Study Quake Faults In Haiti, Dominican Republic
In response to the disaster in Haiti on Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America.
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David D. McBride Named Director
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has appointed David D. McBride as director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
News Releases 2009
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2009 - Another Year of Accomplishment at NASA Dryden
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., continued supporting NASA's four mission areas during 2009, advancing the agency's overall charter of leading the nation in aerospace technology.
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NASA Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos
A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane’s telescope were fully opened in flight.
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NASA Aircraft Flies California Post-burn Imaging
NASA's remotely piloted Predator B aircraft, the Ikhana, equipped with an infrared imaging sensor, recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest.
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NASA Global Hawk Returns to Flight Status
One of NASA's two Global Hawk high-altitude aircraft took to the skies this week for its first flight under NASA operation.
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NASA Sponsors Astronomy Workshop for Educators
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.
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2009 Space Elevator Power Beaming Contest Reset for Nov. 4
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.
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Dryden to be Part of Edwards AFB Open House
Following a three-year hiatus, Edwards Air Force Base is once again holding an open house and air show on Saturday, Oct. 17.
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NASA Flies to Antarctica for Largest Airborne Polar Ice Survey
NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets.
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Dryden News Release Archives
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