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2005 - A Year Of Challenges, Accomplishments, Honors At NASA Dryden

12.20.05 - The safe landing of the space shuttle Discovery and the presentation of astronaut wings to three civilian research pilots who flew the X-15 rocket plane highlighted a year of challenge and accomplishment at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
Dryden Videographer Lori Losey Wins Aviation Week Photo Award

12.19.05 - Videographer Lori Losey has captured some spectacular video footage during her 17 years documenting flight research for NASA at the Dryden Flight Research Center.
NASA Dryden Engineer Honored by Mexican-American Engineering Group

12.02.05 - An aerospace engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has been named the recipient of the National Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) top award for 2005.
Altair UAV Flies Lengthy Science Missions For NOAA

11.22.05 - The NOAA and NASA concluded a joint series of environmental science demonstration flights with the Altair UAV in mid-November.
Associate Administrator Briefed at Dryden

11.21.05 - Scott Horowitz of NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate was briefed on NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's capabilities to support the agency's space exploration goals
Author James Hansen Outlines Early Career Of Neil Armstrong At Dryden

11.18.05 - Historian James Hansen, author of the recently published biography of Neil Armstrong "First Man," outlined highlights of Armstrong's seven years as a research pilot and engineer.
NASA Shares Vision For Space Exploration With Phoenix Youth

11.10.05 - NASA will bring the Vision for Space Exploration to students and their families at Arrowhead Elementary School in Phoenix next Monday, Nov. 14, with programs for both students and the general public.
NASA Touts Its Research Tools At Long Beach Aerospace Testing Expo

11.9.05 - Supersonic research aircraft and legendary wind tunnels are the exotic tools being promoted by NASA engineers and pilots at Aerospace Testing Expo 2005
NASA Shares Space Vision With Oak Grove Institute Youth

11.7.05 - NASA will bring the Vision for Space Exploration to students and their families at the Oak Grove Institute in Murrieta
Five High-Technology Firms Receive SBIR Contracts from NASA Dryden

10.26.05 - Five small high-technology firms have been selected by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to receive research and development contracts under Phase II of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
X-43A Hypersonic Program Wins NASA's Top Administrator's Award

10.26.05 - NASA's Turning Goals into Reality program has recognized the Hyper-X Program Team with its highest aeronautical honor, the Administrators Award.
NASA Dryden Aircraft, Exhibits At Edwards AFB Open House Oct. 22-23

10.11.05 - NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center will participate in the Edwards Air Force Base Open House and Air Show Oct. 22-23.
NASA Experiment Explores Using Thermals To Extend UAV Endurance

10.05.05 - With the graceful flight of hawks and eagles in mind, NASA aerospace engineer Michael Allen hand-launched a lightweight motorized model sailplane over the Southern California desert recently, hoping it would catch plumes of rising air called thermals.
Former NASA Pilot Ed Schneider Inducted Into Aerospace Walk Of Honor

09.26.05 - The City of Lancaster, Calif., inducted former NASA research pilot Edward T. Schneider into its Aerospace Walk of Honor Sept. 24.
Cal Poly Students Participate in NASA Flight Research Test

09.22.05 - Aerospace engineering students spent a recent Saturday on a lake -- not sailing but helping NASA study aircraft takeoff and landing noise.
Pathfinder Plus Solar Aircraft Completes Turbulence Tests At Dryden

09.21.05 - The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing recently completed a short series of research flights from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to investigate the effects of turbulence on lightweight flexible wing structures
NASA Dryden Chief Engineer Marta Bohn-Meyer Dies In Airplane Crash

09.19.05 - The crash of an aerobatic plane in Oklahoma has claimed the life of Marta Bohn-Meyer, chief engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
NASA'S DC-8 Flying Lab Departs Dryden for New North Dakota Home

09.15.05 - NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory tipped its wings in farewell as it departed the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for its new home at Grand Forks, N.D., on Sept. 14.
X-15 Space Pioneers Now Honored as Astronauts

08.23.05 - In a turbulent era of 1960s Cold War confrontations, moon race headlines, and war in southeast Asia, eight military and civilian test pilots flew the radical X-15 rocket plane out of the atmosphere and into the record books, earning astronaut status.
Brand Honored At Jethawks' Aerospace Appreciation Night

08.22.05 - Former Apollo-Soyuz and Space Shuttle astronaut Vance Brand was honored this past weekend by the Lancaster Jethawks Class A California League baseball team during its annual Aerospace Appreciation Night.
NASA Summer Interns Are 'SHARP' Students

08.02.05 - Representing eight Antelope Valley and East Kern area high schools, the SHARP apprenticeship is an eight-week, research-based mentoring program designed for students who excel in engineering, geography, mathematics, science and technology.
NASA's two F-15 research aircraft

08.01.05 - NASA's two F-15 research aircraft don't get a lot of flight hours, and it's even less frequent that they are in the air together on the same mission.
NASA'S ER-2 Flies Over Hurricane Emily's Eye

07.20.05 - As Hurricane Emily lashes the coast of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, a high-flying NASA ER-2 earth sciences aircraft from the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flew high over the storm as it moved across the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico.
NASA Funds Exploratory Studies For Quieting Sonic Boom

07.08.05 - NASA and several industry teams are studying how to design and build an aircraft that could demonstrate technology to lessen the noise and window-rattling effects of supersonic flight.
Local Elementary Teachers At NASA Dryden For Math/Science Workshop

06.28.05 - Fifty teachers will spend a day this week exploring the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., as part of a larger educational program funded through the California Department of Education.
Dryden to Host Media Briefing, Tour on Shuttle Preparations July 6.

06.24.05 - NASA's Return-to-Flight Space Shuttle mission, designated STS-114, is tentatively set for mid-July. The shuttle orbiter Discovery will be launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is scheduled to land there about 12 days later.
Teachers Attend NASA 'Explorer School' Math/Science Workshop

06.22.05 - Sixteen teachers from 10 states are participating this week in a workshop at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards designed to aid educators in incorporating NASA-based material into their science and math curriculum.
Guinness Recognizes NASA's X-43A Scramjet Speed Record

06.20.05 - It's official. The new world speed record for a jet-powered aircraft, set by NASA in November, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records.
NASA DC-8 Flying Lab to be Transferred

05.41.05 - NASA signs a agreement with the University of North Dakota to house and operate the agency's jet aircraft.
NASA Dryden Engineer Competes In Ultimate Cycling Challenge

06.07.05 - As a toddler, NASA aerospace engineer Kevin Walsh rode his tricycle around his family's Queens, N.Y., home.
NASA Spacecraft Measures Unusual 2005 Arctic Ozone Conditions

05.06.05 - NASA's Aura spacecraft showed that other atmospheric processes restored ozone amounts to near average and stopped high levels of harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth's surface.
Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Visits NASA Dryden

06.02.05 - Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, was briefed by X-43A engineer Laurie Grindle during a tour of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center June 2.
NASA Dryden's Gwen Young: Diversity is Her Strength

05.31.05 - Gwen's Young's life has been anything but ordinary since she joined NASA as a Presidential Management Intern at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. some 22 years ago.
NASA Dryden's Trong Bui Selected for NAFP Fellowship

05.24.05 - Trong Bui, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, will have the opportunity to share some of the most current NASA engineering technology at two regional universities following his selection as a 2005 NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP) Fellow.
San Diego School Among New Explorer Schools Named By NASA

05.17.05 - NASA today announced the 50 new 2005 Explorer Schools.
Two Phoenix Schools Among New Explorer Schools Named By

05.17.05 - NASA today announced the 50 new 2005 Explorer Schools.
Murrieta School Among New Explorer Schools Named By NASA

05.17.05 - NASA today announced the 50 new 2005 Explorer Schools.
Adelanto School Among New Explorer Schools Named By NASA

05.17.05 - NASA today announced the 50 new 2005 Explorer Schools.
Media Credential Deadlines for Space Shuttle Mission STS-114 Extended

05.16.05 - Following the postponement of the Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight Mission STS-114 from May to July, NASA is extending the deadline for news media organizations to seek credentials for on-site coverage of the event at the Kennedy and Johnson Space Centers and Dryden Flight Research Center.
Menlo Park Technology Firm Awarded NASA Research Grant

05.11.05 - A Menlo Park high-technology firm has won a NASA research grant under the aerospace agency's Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program that could improve the efficiency of computer flight simulation for a wide variety of aircraft.
NASA's Super Guppy Gets New Landing Gear

05.09.05 - NASA’s B-377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft recently underwent a landing gear change at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
Harford Technology Firm Receives NASA Research Grant

05.06.05 - A high-technology firm in Harford, N.Y., has won a NASA research grant under the aerospace agency's Small Business Technology Transfer
Gordon Fullerton Inducted Into Astronaut Hall Of Fame

05.02.05 - Former astronaut Gordon Fullerton (left), currently chief research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, is congratulated by former astronaut Fred Haise (right) upon Fullerton's induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida this past weekend.
Edwards Students Intrigued By NASA Career Possibilities

04.26.05 - Daydreams of flight gained a sharper focus recently as Edwards Middle School students learned of potential aerospace careers during the school's recent Career Day.
Dryden's Lori Losey Named NASA Videographer Of Year

04.20.05 - A videographer at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has won the aerospace agency's highest award for videography for 2004.
NOAA and NASA Begin California UAV Flight Experiment

04.20.05 - Can unmanned aircraft be used effectively for Earth Science experiments? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in cooperation with NASA and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), are seeking to answer that question during a series of atmospheric and oceanic research flights off the California coastline this spring.
Public Meeting On NASA Dryden TCE Cleanup Plan Scheduled

04.19.05 - A proposed plan to clean up potentially hazardous chemical contamination at three groundwater sites at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base will be outlined a public meeting in California City April 27.
Space Shuttle Landing Training Exercise

04.18.05 - Personnel from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Edwards Air Force Base conducted a training exercise this past weekend that would enable them to effectively handle the rescue of a Space Shuttle crew in the unlikely event of a landing mishap at the base.
Media Invited To Witness UAV Earth Science Flight Demonstration

04.13.05 - NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in cooperation with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), will be conducting a series of flights near the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast.
Fullerton, Two Others to be Inducted into Astronaut Hall of Fame

04.11.05 - Former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, currently chief research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on April 30.
NASA Dryden's X-43 Team Represented At Aviation Week's Laurel Awards

04.06.05 - Two members of the X-43 flight research project team from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center were on hand Tuesday evening, April 5, when the X-43 / Hyper-X project team and several of its major players were honored by Aviation Week and Space Technology.
Command Performance

03.30.05 - Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, received some first-hand insight this week on how to fly a Space Shuttle approach and landing
NASA Credentialing Media for Possible Shuttle Landing at Edwards AFB

03.28.05 - The Space Shuttle Discovery is targeted for launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the Return-to-Flight mission STS-114 during a window between May 15 and June 3. Discovery is scheduled to land at KSC at the conclusion of the mission about 11 days later. However, if the weather or other conditions prevent a landing in Florida, the shuttle could be diverted to the primary back-up landing site at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Navy E-2C Hawkeye Undergoes Major Loads Tests at NASA Dryden

03.23.05 - A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye, a carrier-based electronics aircraft that serves as the eyes and ears of carrier battle groups, recently underwent structural loads tests at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Flight Loads Laboratory to determine if increasing the aircraft's gross weight will affect its performance.
NASA Dryden Engineer Wins Prestigious Engineering Award

03.21.05 - The National Society of Black Engineers will honor NASA aeronautical engineer Laurie Marshall with the 2005 Golden Torch Award for Outstanding Woman in Technology of the Year.
Noted NASA Aeronautics Researcher Dale Reed Dies

03.21.05 - Robert Dale Reed, a distinguished NASA aeronautics researcher who pioneered Lifting Body and remotely piloted research aircraft programs at the Dryden Flight Research Center in the 1960s and 70s has died.
New Flight Software Allows UAVs To Team Up For Virtual Fire Experiment

03.18.05 - The old saying, "birds of a feather, flock together," can now be applied to a couple of small uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) flown in a NASA research experiment using principles derived from studies of fish and bird motions to simultaneously guide them around obstacles.
NASA Flight Tests Validate Active Aeroelastic Wing Design Concept

03.14.05 - A flight research project that put a 21st century twist on a century-old technology -- a high-tech derivative of the Wright brothers' wing-warping method of controlling an aircraft's turning ability -- can be summed up in two words: "It works!"
T-38 Supersonic Trainer Jet Gets New Home

03.07.05 - A sleek, supersonic T-38 trainer jet is taxied into the parking ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center by Dryden's chief pilot Gordon Fullerton.
NASA Celebrates 90 Years Of Aeronautics Excellence

03.03.05 - On March 3, NASA marked the 90th anniversary of its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and the achievements of nearly a century of work in NASA's keystone discipline, aeronautics.
Space Shuttle Return To Flight Gets A "LIFT" From NASA Dryden F-15B

02.22.05 - To help the Space Shuttle safely return to flight, NASA engineers are acquiring data on how insulating foam debris or "divots" behave when these small pieces are shed from the Shuttle's external fuel tank during launch.
International Science Team Measures Arctic's Atmosphere

01.27.05 - An international team of scientists has begun a journey this week to acquire high quality measurements of the arctic region's atmosphere.
Vietnamese Immigrant's Dreams Find Reality As A NASA Aerospace Engineer

01.26.05 - Conducting mock dogfights with neighborhood friends on bicycles as the children pretended they were flying jet fighters was one of Trong Bui's memories from his childhood in Vietnam.
NASA Explorer School Teachers Visit Dryden Flight Research Center

01.25.05 - Teachers from Edwards Middle School, a NASA Explorer School at Edwards Air Force Base, recently toured NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center.
NASA Summer High School Program Celebrates Silver Anniversary

01.21.05 - The NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NSHARP) is celebrating 25 years of selecting high-achieving students to serve as apprentices in a variety of NASA professions. All 10 NASA centers, including the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, and several universities participate in NSHARP.
Solar Array Demonstrates Commercial Potential at NASA Dryden

01.19.05 - A state-of-the-art solar array is providing a unique opportunity to demonstrate the latest in high-efficiency solar cells available for terrestrial use at a demonstration site at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

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