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News Releases 2009
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NASA Research Flights May Cause Series of Sonic Booms This Week
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center will be conducting a series of research flights on Thursday morning, June 11, 2009, that could result in multiple sonic booms being heard in the local area.
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NASA Dryden to Host 2009 Power Beaming Challenge July 14
NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and the Spaceward Foundation have announced that the 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge, part of Spaceward’s Space Elevator Games, will be held at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on July 14, 2009.
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NASA's Space Shuttle Returns To Earth After Hubble Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew landed at 8:39 a.m. PDT Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Potential Space Shuttle Landing May Cause Sonic Boom
A strong sonic boom could be generated along the shuttle Atlantis route of descent along the California coastline.
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Fullerton, Casani Receive Lifetime Award
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement, the museum's highest honor, has been awarded to two distinguished NASA recipients, former astronaut and research pilot C. Gordon Fullerton and planetary scientist John R. Casani.
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Arctic Trek to 'Break the Ice' on New NASA Airborne Radars
A team of scientists have embarked on a two-month expedition to the vast, frigid terrain of Greenland and Iceland.
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Embry-Riddle Engineering Student Blends Art, Science at NASA
Kerianne Hobbs' first memory of NASA was a family visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center when she was six.
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NASA Dryden Offers Two Science Workshops for Educators in May
Educators are invited to participate in two science workshops offered in early May.
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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility Dedicated to Earth, Space Science
NASA dedicated its new Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., a world-class facility that is home to several specialized NASA Earth and space science aircraft.
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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 Offers Space Science Workshop for Educators
Local educators are invited to a space science workshop on Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the AERO Institute in Palmdale.
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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 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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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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