Nov. 21, 2005

Dryden Flight Research Center
P.O. Box 273
Edwards, California 93523
Phone 661/276-3449
FAX 661/276-3566

Alan Brown 
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Phone: 661/276-2665
alan.brown@dfrc.nasa.gov

RELEASE: 05-72P

PHOTO RELEASE

Former astronaut Scott Horowitz, recently named associate 
administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, was 
briefed on NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's capabilities to 
support the agency's space exploration goals during a visit to the 
local NASA center Nov. 18. Horowitz toured Dryden's simulation and 
flight loads labs and met with Dryden's Crew Exploration Vehicle 
Launch Abort test team during his visit. Dryden engineer Larry Hudson 
(left) outlined thermal tests performed on a carbon silicon-carbide 
(C/SiC) structural article to Horowitz (right) as Dryden center 
director Kevin Petersen looks on. Horowitz later addressed employees 
during an afternoon town hall session about the goals of NASA's 
vision for Space Exploration, and what roles the local NASA center 
might have in bringing the vision to reality. NASA Dryden photo by 
Tony Landis

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PHOTO EDITORS: A high-resolution photo to support this release is 
available electronically on the NASA Dryden web site at: 
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/newsphotos/index.html .

	
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